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...initial signs seem promising. Period-instrument ensembles, whose preoccupations often serve as an index of the most exciting and ground-breaking activity in classical music interpretation, are forging ahead in their revision of the Mozart canon. As the Mozart bicentenary wheezed to a close, John Eliot Gardiner embarked on a project to record all of the operas; his first release, Idomeneo, has solidified Mozart's claims to mastery of opera seria as well as opera buffa...
...enough to induce fidgeting in the average five-year old. Favorite Wildflowers Coloring Book, for instance, would be a pretty rotten gift if you were expecting a Barbie. On the first page, a table of contents tells colorists on what page they will find the Cow Vetch. Bonus: an Index of Scientific Names teaches the novice that the Cow Vetch is also called "Vicia cracca." Of course, every cool five-year-old already knows this...
Leno, in his usual non-Tonight show uniform of blue jeans, blue-jean shirt and cowboy boots, held a thick wad of index cards on which were written jokes supplied by him and various writers. Propping his boots up on the table, he read in a deadpan voice, "With all the controversy about silicone breast implants, a lot of women are changing to saltwater implants. They're a lot safer, but the trouble is, some women have noticed barnacles growing on them." Smirks all around. "Barnacles -- great comedy word," said Martin. Brogan, not sure the joke was in good taste...
Early last week, the Conference Board, the New York City-based business- research group that measures consumer confidence each month, shocked economists and politicians alike with a report that its index plummeted 4 points in February, to 46.3. That is its lowest level since 1974, when the nation was gripped by the great oil-embargo recession. The news jolted the financial markets. Even Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan called the collapse in consumer confidence "quite disturbing...
...days later came a similar survey, this one conducted by the University of Michigan, showing that Americans were not that depressed at all. In fact, the consumers polled by Michigan were in an upbeat mood last month, relatively speaking. In sharp contrast to the Conference Board figures, the Michigan index climbed 1.3 points, to 68.8, the highest since last November...