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...dealing with crazed terrorists. The U.S.'s unilateral actions seem only to be inflaming them. The U.N.'s practices of negotiation, inquiry, mediation and judicial settlement won't work against deranged extremists who hide behind religion, nor will sending troops to trouble spots. The U.N., our only global instrument of peace and sanity, must reinvent itself. Robert L. Wolke Pittsburgh...
...range of top players, including a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Scottish national champion, and an all- Ireland fiddle champ. Working only on commission, Childs says he finishes five or six violins in a given year. He says it is not a simple matter of making an instrument, but suiting the type of sound to a musician’s personality...
...fiddlers that play on Childs’ violins—called Childsplay—gathers in Cambridge for a concert series, led by Childs, beaming, in the center. “Not all violin makers will agree, but I believe that the soul of the maker goes into the instrument,” he says. “You want whatever it is you’re expressing to live beyond your own life. When I have everyone gathered around me, it helps me feel that...
...have never advertised in my life,” he admits. “People find me by word of mouth. Your instrument is out there in public, speaking for you all the time. Someone who hears that violin might get intrigued by the sound, and that encourages them to try the violin and that hopefully brings them to my door...
...criminal mastermind bent on separating a casino from its take. To this end, Hanks' character, Professor G.H. Dorr, rents a room in a house owned by Marva Munson (the splendid Irma P. Hall). He thereby obtains access to the basement; ostensibly it's a rehearsal space for his period-instrument group, but actually it's a headquarters for a dig toward riches...