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...From our earliest days as network executives and, before that, as students of the medium and charter members of the first generation of TV viewers, we have lived and worked in his giant shadow. Having established our own production company, we are humbled by the success of a man who started with nothing and by force of will ignited a revolution that has had an unparalleled effect on our society...
...Hochschild is at no loss for characters in this story; one of the earliest we meet is Sir Henry Morton Stanley, of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" fame. Stanley is hired by King Leopold II of Belgium--according to one of Leopold's best PR men, Henry Shelton Sanford--in order to create "a chain of posts or hospices, both hospitable and scientific, which should serve as means of information and aid to travelers...and ultimately, by their humanizing influences, to secure the abolition of the traffic in slaves." Stanley was the first to betray this rhetoric in service to Leopold...
...Sydney Symphony Orchestra next performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major. Despite its numbering, it is still regarded as the earliest of the five mature concertos because his Piano Concerto No. 1, composed at the age of 13 was promoted by his father as the work of an infant prodigy. No. 2 was also the one performed at Beethoven's piano debut on March 29, 1795 in Vienna. Another unique aspect is the size of the orchestra required for a concerto. With the absence of timpani and brass, the orchestra is small indeed. The effect...
...could be that they don't meet for another month," agent Steve Kauffman said yesterday. "I've been telling my players for the past couple of weeks that they shouldn't expect to play until mid-January at the earliest...
Despite the concerns, Hankins said a departmental committee will probably begin designing the world history course next year. The course would be introduced in 2000-01 at the earliest...