Word: em
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...schedules are enemies of vocal grace. The first issues in this new project include Marian Anderson, Leonard Warren, Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa and Jussi Bjoerling. The Warren disk is an oddity, recorded live on a 1958 tour of the Soviet Union, where the baritone's dark, sexy voice knocked 'em dead. Ponselle's sublime vocal poise lights great Verdi arias and ditties like When I Have Sung My Songs to You, I'll Sing No More. Easily the most joyous singer is Schipa, with his diaphanous tenor tones and fluent ornamentation. There was a real nap on the operatic velvet...
Tongue-in-cheek humor also lifts Freddy's Nightmares above the jolt-'em-out- of-their-seats level of its theatrical namesakes. Freddy (Robert Englund) can still be one ruthless customer: in the season opener, he sliced off a woman's head, which plopped to the floor like a ripe pineapple. Most weeks, however, he serves merely as the wisecracking narrator for unrelated stories revolving around dreams. Many are unexpectedly lighthearted; a few even approach satire. In one of last season's entries, a yuppie career woman had a thirtysomething nightmare about having a baby: her boss replaced...
...Winning the title was sort of a dream goal,"she said. "We came a long way. It's been our bestchance so far, but I guarantee there will bemore...Next year, we'll get 'em...
...major advances will come harder and slower. Rick Martin, who follows the industry for Prudential-Bache Securities, points out that software is still produced in the same four categories as it was nearly a decade ago: spreadsheets, data base, communications, and text or graphics processing. "There's no knock-'em-dead technology out there," he says. "There's nothing out there that makes you feel like you're missing something if you don't have...
Harvard College must place more emphasis on recreational facilities. Until they do, I invite all MAC and QRAC ballplayers to join me in boycotting any B-School interlopers. If you do let them play, be sure to beat 'em big. Eli Karsh '91 Tom J. Hoover...