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...course, it is not just a trophy, and it is not only a boat race. It's a marketplace, a space program, an Olympic Games. Cockpits and boardrooms. Commercialism is bound to proliferate now, probably next time to the point of boat decals and spinnaker ads. If Baseball Emperor George Steinbrenner had been a little more forthcoming, Conner might have painted this boat with pinstripes and called it Yankee. With a better contribution, Real Estate Tycoon Donald Trump might have had Trump Card. "Funding, staffing, operating, planning, logistics, everything -- isn't that the game of life?" Conner says...
...aide ) wonders aloud, "Can the Gipper get back the old magic? That's the question." It happens to be the same question they ask a mile away at the Capitol end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Senators and Congressmen clear their throats, look over their shoulders and mutter that the emperor has no clothes now -- and with the threads went the magic. Nobody is quite certain of the answer, but the Washington world is clearly divided...
Hong Kong Bureau Chief William Stewart did the major reporting for the story, with the assistance of Manila Reporter Nelly Sindayen. Stewart rates his long interview with Aquino this month as the "best I've ever had in a series of such talks with Presidents, Kings, an Emperor, a sultan, guerrilla chiefs and a gaggle of Prime Ministers." Though Stewart believes Aquino has made mistakes as President, he insists "there is no doubt that the Philippines -- and the rest of the world -- is a better place because...
Everything about mid-19th century Vienna was larger than life, from the caloric content of the pastries at Demel to the Emperor Franz Josef's mustaches. For its new Die Fledermaus, televised by PBS on New Year's Eve, the Metropolitan Opera has constructed outsize rooms in Johann Strauss's idealized waltzing city with such vivid realism that they could be sold today as luxury condominiums. Eisenstein's residence comes equipped with a spacious sun porch; Prince Orlofsky's pleasure palace boasts both a grand foyer and a palm-court refectory that make Maxim's look understated. When it comes...
...host of other solid performances surround these two central ones. Heather Gunn, as Constance, (or, as husband Wolfgang would have it, "Stanzel Wanzel") keeps up with Sullivan's playfulness and establishes an engaging presence of her own. Zak Klobucher, as the rather dim-witted Emperor Joseph, is suitably laughable; he delivers each and every line with sharply-pointed wit. The Venticelli (Dan Cloherty and Steve Lyne), with their expertly-timed dialogue, also deserve special mention...