Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Somewhere along the line, a friendly soul?or perhaps Ford himself?evidently held on to the check until he was able to get his personal account back into balance. Not until Jan. 11, 1973, did the check clear the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, which processes checks for Washington-area banks. Thus, Ford had the personal use of campaign funds for some six weeks...
...purpose than to postpone the moment of death. Under the California legislation, such directives can now be drafted by any adult, must be witnessed by two people who are neither related to the patient nor involved in his medical treatment, and must be renewed every five years. Then, beginning Jan. 1 in California, if a doctor and a colleague determine that the patient is hopelessly ill, life-sustaining machinery can be shut off without any legal repercussions for the physicians or the patient's family...
...almost every imaginable kind of anamorphic illusion. The exhibition is crowded with visual oddities of four centuries, from puzzle landscapes that, seen from the side, turn into religious icons or scatological jokes to a full-scale false-perspective room, more startling than any funfair illusion, by Contemporary Artist Jan Beutener. Where museums would not part with originals, working copies have been made...
...Samson by Handel. The up-and-coming Greater Miami Opera Association does not hit its stride until the sun seekers' stampede from the Northeast begins, but in its emphasis on big names and traditional works, it sometimes outdoes Dallas. Miami will open with Cesare Siepi in Boris Godunov (Jan. 17). Later on it will feature Sherrill Milnes in Macbeth (March 7), Carole Neblett, along with Domingo, in La Fanciulla del West. In Jackson, Miss., the all-black company Opera/South gives young singers the chance to be heard in standard works (The Flying Dutchman, Elixir of Love). Black composers...
...Houston Grand Opera (TIME, July 19). In his four-year reign, young General Director David Gockley, 33, has turned the company into one of the seven best in the U.S. The forthcoming season opens with Rigoletto (Oct. 15) but includes such attractions as Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (Jan. 28) and Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea (March 25). Gockley's innovations include the creation of the touring Texas Opera Theater, which has successfully made a home in Texas and five nearby states; next month, for instance, Sousa's saucy operetta El Capitan again takes...