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DIED. Jerzy Andrzejewski, 73, one of Poland's finest novelists and a leading political dissident; of a heart attack; in Warsaw. The best known of his novels was Ashes and Diamonds (1948), a study of confusion and despair at World War IIs end. Andrzejewski was an insistent protester against censorship; in 1976 he helped found the Workers' Defense Committee (KOR), which was integrated into the now outlawed Solidarity union...
...Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs) plummeted by 45% in verbal skills and 23% in math, although the number of those taking the exams dropped by only 3%. In a time of limited resources, many institutions believe that future success depends upon attracting not just ordinary students but the finest. Admits Helen Horowitz, a public relations official at New York University, which is handing out 55 new merit scholarships of $2,000 this year: "Part of the aim is that talented students will help make N.Y.U. attractive to others in the years to come...
...missed its underlying seriousness. Joseph Losey's Don Giovanni emphasized the same composer's brooding drama but failed to locate it within the realm of the human comedy. Zeffirelli's La Traviata strikes just the right note. Visually stunning and musically thrilling, it is the finest operatic movie yet made. It should appeal even to those who have resolutely resisted opera's charms...
...thing is she was coming on so strongly," Kleinfelder said. "She had come miles in her lacrosse play." In fact, Pew-who began her lacrosse days as a goalie and just moved to her field position last year-had delivered her finest performance ever last Wednesday, when she contributed three goals and three assists in the Crimson's 14-6 triumph over Brown...
...Minnesota Orchestra, for example, needs only for Conductor Neville Marriner to become more at home in the large-orchestra repertory for it to be a serious contender. The Dallas Symphony has one of the finest string sections in the country, but is interpretatively hampered by its prosaic conductor, Eduardo Mata. Washington's National Symphony, another orchestra with the capacity to rise, may yet regret its Faustian bargain with Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who gives it great media attention and a passionate commitment to Russian music but otherwise generally undistinguished musical leadership. Still more able orchestras...