Word: finnishness
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...Pekka Salonen has his way, that woman -- and thousands of people like her -- will be flocking downtown someday soon to see and hear him lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic. "I want to make the Philharmonic an essential part of life here," says the Finnish-born Salonen, 34, whose ambition is nothing less than the revitalization of the 200-year-old European symphonic tradition. And this in a fast-forward American city where this morning is already out of date and last week was a lifetime...
...London and Stockholm. His personal style runs toward Scandinavian informality; after a concert, he can't wait to shower, change into a sweater and jeans and kick back with a cold beer. He speaks five languages fluently. These days he uses mostly English and Swedish; it is his Finnish that is growing rusty. "In a way I have lost my national identity," he told a Swedish magazine, "but I knew that would happen...
...Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall under construction nearby. Salonen's high-concept dream: "To conduct Bruckner in Walt Disney Hall -- a meeting of Bruckner and Donald Duck. Both were part of my tradition. Both are immortal." And both speak a universal language, even if it isn't Finnish...
Fight to the Finnish...
Healy finds the Finnish study "very provocative." It suggests that at least part of estrogen's protection is indirect: by triggering the monthly menstrual flow, which carries away iron, it reduces levels of the metal in the bloodstream and lessens the threat of heart attack. When periods cease after menopause, the reasoning goes, iron begins to accumulate and the risk rises...