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Thanks in large part, it is said, to the patronage of teenage girls, Leonardo DiCaprio recently pulled off the unprecedented feat of starring in two films virtually tied for No. 1 at the box office, Titanic and his just released The Man in the Iron Mask. Leo, as the 23-year-old is known to friends and true fans, is also the subject of four quickie books currently on various New York Times best-seller lists. Explains Bari Nan Cohen, who as entertainment editor of YM is well-versed in teen idoldom: "A lot of girls would...
Congratulations on your 75th! The reasons for your success are twofold [75TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE, March 9]: you consistently corral great writers, and you get away with telling people what to think without making most of them mad--no mean feat in this, the most independent-minded country in the world. I don't like your new, light, jazzy format. But you can't fight success. I'll be reading TIME, no doubt, for years to come. JOEL LAYNE Boise, Idaho...
...center are the Bach suites, technically demanding pieces that have an elusive yet keen emotional pull, at times both mournful and celebratory. Performing them all in one evening, as Ma has on occasion, and will again this month in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, is a feat of endurance--marathon and obstacle course in one. These are pieces that Rostropovich did not essay on record until he was in his 60s. Ma first recorded them when he was just 26. It is music entwined with his life: he first encountered them at four, when his father, a violinist...
...Excellent Adventure show on your return from break. Along with the perennial pleasure of seeing the token wheezing kid flailing about, the whole thing's always an underrated spectacle. Who can turn down a bunch of kids enjoying themselves while a show is going on in their midst? The feat of training and rehearsals is truly stupendous and deserves some attention. Good, clean fun without a trace of smut...
Shivers creeping up the spines of the audience, they stood up in loud applause. Meanwhile, the orchestra, happy at pleasing the audience, sighed in relief at finishing this difficult piece by loosening collars, wiping foreheads and smiling at one another for accomplishing this feat. Had the originator of the quote "Strength comes in numbers" been in the audience that night, the quote might not have existed today...