Word: joans
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Sills' last regular appearances will be in a series of performances of Die Fledermaus at the San Diego Opera in October 1980. Her co-star will be Joan Sutherland, and the two divas will alternate in the roles of Adele and Rosalinda. That should be a sizzling ticket. So should the fund-raising gala Sills hopes to star in later at the New York City Opera-exactly 25 years after her debut there as Rosalinda. Said Sills: "In 1980, I will be 51. I have no operas left that I want to sing. I have sung in every opera...
Getting Shanghaied with Ted Kennedy suited his extended family just fine. At the invitation of the Chinese government, eleven members of the clan trooped enthusiastically around the People's Republic on a 15-day tour. Besides his wife Joan and brood of three, Kennedy brought along three sisters, a brother-in-law, R.F.K.'s son Michael and J.F.K.'s daughter Caroline. The group, shooting photographs for TIME as they traveled, visited a silk weaving mill and a tea commune in Hangchow, a prison in Shanghai, and the Great Wall. In addition to seeing the sights, the Senator...
Felix Rohatyn, chairman of New York City's Municipal Assistance Corporation, who compared Mayor Edward Koch to Joan of Arc and was reminded that she burned at the stake: "Yes, but she saved France...
...Joan Ganz Cooney, president of the Children's Television Workshop and a director of four corporations, on keeping up appearances at board meetings: "Sure, it's a killer. But I'm determined to die pretty...
...founders envisioned the organization as a clearinghouse of information for women office workers, with a small staff that might help resolve grievances with employers. (At that time, except for government employees, almost none of the city's officeworkers were in unions or organized in any way.) Last May, Joan Tighe, one of the founders, said the group had "succeeded beyond my wildest dreams...