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Born in Spain and raised in Mexico, Domingo is conservative and internationalist in his outlook, and his agenda for the Washington Opera reflects his more conventional programming taste. In addition to the standard Italian and French fare the company has traditionally presented, he plans a foray into the German repertoire with new productions of Richard Strauss's operas as well as Wagner's Ring cycle, the calling card of major opera companies worldwide. "We chose him because he is a consummate musician," says Patricia L. Mossel, the company's executive director. "He knows voices. He is a very fine pianist...
WASHINGTON: A German diplomat in Washington tells TIME Daily that a leaked report of a State Department plan to chastise Germany over its tough treatment of the Church of Scientology may have overstated the case. After years of restrained criticism of the situation, the State Department wanted to step up the pressure in its annual human rights survey this Thursday. According to the Post, the survey would criticize German authorities for a "campaign of harassment and intimidation" against the controversial church, which has seen such bizarre actions as youth groups calling for a boycott of the Tom Cruise movie "Mission...
Raised a devout Roman Catholic in Quang Ngai, Vietnam, she left home at 22 to study in England, eventually becoming an interpreter for the Red Cross. At 30, she met and married a German doctor but left him, amicably she says, to become a Buddhist nun and pursue enlightenment in India. Her recognition as a spiritual leader came rather suddenly in 1982 when she tried to buy a copy of the Hindu sacred work the Bhagavad-Gita that she says she saw in a shop along the Ganges. The shopkeepers said there were none in stock; she insisted...
...million as part of a settlement ending a long and bitter lawsuit alleging that Volkswagen stole trade secrets. VW also agreed to buy at least $1 billion worth of parts from GM over seven years. The deal reportedly had been in the works ever since last month, when German prosecutors indicted the central figure in the case, Jose Ignacio Lopez. It closes a dispute that began in March 1993, when Lopez, about to be promoted to General Motors' chief of North American operations, moved overnight to Volkswagen, along with seven other key GM executives. GM accused Lopez of stealing thousands...
...With this book, Daniel Goldhagen has disturbed German attempts at unchecked 'normalization' whose advocates see the past only as a burden," the editors wrote...