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...fated end may not have been so tragic after all. However, though passions were chilled when the BCO opened the afternoon performance in Sanders Theatre, they soon thawed as conductor Bruce Hangen coaxed the orchestra into a heart-warming rendition of Edward Elgar’s “Enigma?? Variations.Almost immediately after the lights dimmed and 24-year-old guest conductor Michael Sakir planted his feet on the podium, the orchestra jumped into a frenzied arpeggio followed by several cymbal crashes. With the boisterous opening of the prelude to Act III of “Lohengrin...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Conservatory Underwhelms | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

...want to steer clear. But even the casual Kremlin watcher will appreciate the surprisingly accessible final chapter, which should be required reading for any class on modern Russia. Americans have been used to thinking of Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma?? ever since Churchill coined the phrase; a dose of counterargument will be good for specialists and non-specialists alike...

Author: By Stephen W. Stromberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BOOKENDS: Ec Prof’s Defense of Shock Therapy May Send Jolt to Kremlinologists | 4/27/2005 | See Source »

While Dartmouth’s offense might give Harvard problems, the Crimson’s forwards seem sure to trouble Big Green goaltender Nick Boucher. Boucher is an enigma??sometimes shutting down high-powered offenses and other times yielding seven goals to teams like Clarkson and St. Lawrence...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Hits Hanover | 2/21/2003 | See Source »

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