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SHOSTAKOVICH: THE EXECUTION OF STEPAN RAZIN and SYMPHONY NO. 9 (Melodiya-Angel). Razin was a 17th century Cossack rake who divided his energies between pillaging the Volga Valley and leading whole cities in uprisings against the Czar. When he was finally captured and executed, his severed head, so goes the...
"Yale plays standard college squash," Barnaby said. "They work for power and are satisfied to hit the ball flat. We have been concentrating on technical drills and execution, hoping to polish our control. Our players work to slice the ball, giving it a backspin and making it 'go dead' or...
Quick Execution. Actually, the regents had not expected to move against Kerr that quickly. But Meyer and Chandler understandably reported to the board that Kerr was insisting on an immediate "vote of confidence." Kerr, also understandably, saw it more as "a clarification of status" and, believing the votes were against...
Paint-Not Blood. For seven years, Miller awaited execution. Seven hours before his scheduled death in 1963, a federal judge granted him a habeas corpus hearing at which he was finally allowed to have his own chemist examine the shorts. The stains were paint-not blood. Even more startling, the...
*Mary Martyr's spiritual sister is the teardabbing heroine of Dan Greenburg's How to Be a Jewish Mother, whose "Technique of Basic Suffering" ranges from mastering the "proper position of hands during execution of daily sigh" to staying up all night "to prepare a big breakfast" for...