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Perhaps we are all blind to the limitations of those we love. Dona Leonor (Luisina Brando), a proud widow in a South American town in the '30s, certainly loves her daughter Charlotte (Alejandra Podesta). She is beguiled by Charlotte's grace, her easy imperiousness, her ease with languages, her virtuosity at the piano. And she refuses to accept what is evident to all: that Charlotte, now on the cusp of womanhood, is a dwarf. The townspeople pretend to ignore it. But one fellow, the aging stranger Ludovico D'Andrea (Marcello Mastroianni), sees Charlotte's disability as a sweet eccentricity, like...
...entertains. Levin plays the piano with the ease of a Gov-jock ranting about Enlightened Realism. And that's not all--he explicates the music as he plays, voice-over style, with such lucidity and grace that it appears his words are somehow part of the score...
...Library grace periods--exploit them! Did you know that several Harvard libraries won't fine you for up to ten days after your book is overdue? Take your time, risk free...
Students say the new approach is fascinating. "She [Winter] was concentrating on getting as to see art and how to look at it," says Grace Samodal '95. "It's very much a conceptual class and not just the hard facts." That's a welcome change, the adds from her concentration: biology...
...last movement, Kremer's articulations gained still more grace than in the previous two. His strong rendering of the famous passage on the E string reflected true mastery of the instrument. The balance between the soloist and orchestra towards the end of the piece was impeccable; Haitink and Kremer returned to the stage for numerous standing ovations...