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...tried out again. Rejected again. On the third try, he made it. It was an early sign: what Martin lacked in talent he made up for in pure doggedness. "He was small, not a big singer, and his voice was not so good then," recalls the group's manager, Edgardo Diaz. "But we thought he could learn a lot by being with the group...
...princess was like a beautiful shooting star whose glow, brief though it was, warmed the hearts of young and old, rich and poor alike." EDGARDO J.T. TIRONA Manila...
Nowhere in the world have they been subject to more abuse than in the Philippines, says University of the Philippines marine scientist Edgardo Gomez. According to environmentalists, a staggering 90% of the archipelago's 13,000 sq. mi. of reef is dead or deteriorating. Among other things, Philippine reefs are being buried by tons of soil that washes from deforested tracts of land. They are also being damaged by pollution that seeps from factories, farm fields and sewers. But above all they are being destroyed by too much fishing...
...best not delivered while the soprano is on her knees or flat on her back), reigning bel canto diva June Anderson's forceful stage presence ensures that the heroine gives as good as she gets. Other notables include a promising American tenor, Richard Leech, as Lucia's lover Edgardo, whose still raw but heroically enthusiastic singing portends a major voice; and reliable baritone Juan Pons as Lucia's bad-guy brother Enrico. Marcello Panni conducts with a Scotch snap...
...Tebuthiuron can harm useful vegetation if it leaches into groundwater. Ecologists contend that it would be difficult for farmers to grow crops after the coca has been destroyed. They point out that Spike is not meant to be used on the moist, hilly terrain of the eastern Andes. Warns Edgardo Machado, a Peruvian coca researcher: "The rain will drag the herbicide into the soil at lower levels of the valley, where there are farms...