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...during Porgy's 41 years of life. Now there is a new version that is really worth seeing and hearing. Surprisingly, at least to those unattuned to the activities of General Director David Gockley, it comes from the Houston Grand Opera, where the show last week completed an eight-day run. With former American Ballet Theater President Sherwin Goldman joining in as coproducer, Porgy this week begins a six-week engagement at Philadelphia's Academy of Music, and after that it will move to the Wolf Trap center outside Washington, D.C., then to Toronto and Ottawa. If enough...
Magical Tourist. The Secretary's eight-day trip to Latin America was his second in four months. It included stops in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, where the Secretary tried to resolve the nagging problem of Americans serving prison terms for drug offenses. The voyage proved that in certain parts of the continent Kissinger is still a diplomatic superstar, the ultimate magical mystery tourist. In Santiago, more than 3,000 cheering Chileans gathered outside the Hotel Carrera simply to catch a glimpse of the Secretary before he emerged to drive off to the OAS meeting. In Santa Cruz...
Heavy Accent. As for Giscard himself, he responded to President Ford's welcoming remarks with a friendly gesture that would have dismayed one of his predecessors, Charles de Gaulle, who maintained a haughtily arrogant mien throughout his eight-day visit to the U.S. in 1960. Turning to Ford, Giscard said, "Now, Mr. President, permit me to be my own interpreter," and he proceeded to give his nation's greetings entirely in English. When he spoke of both countries' "identical passion for independence and liberty," it was with a heavy accent. But President Giscard had gone...
Harvard Food Services' menus which violate dietary laws for the eight-day Passover holiday generated criticism yesterday from some Jewish students...
Edward W. Powers, director of employee relations, will decide this week whether Holcombe, former shop steward at Radcliffe Dining Halls, should receive back pay for his eight-day suspension in February...