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...evening's tour de force is Act II of Tosca, with a lavishly bejeweled Galupe-Borszkh in the title role and the Hungarian baritone "Fodor Szedan" as her nemesis, Baron Scarpia. A much- brandished leg joint of a roast pig, a servant with an infectious body twitch and the wicked baron's narcolepsy (which becomes most pronounced during the heroine's stupendous singing of the work's signature aria Vissi d'arte) all figure heavily in a send-up that shatters every cliche in the trunk. Opera buffs can delight in spotting references to great, legitimate performances -- from Tosca...
...says Natalie Tolbert, 26, to a friend who has just ordered chicken nuggets, waffle fries, a soft drink and a brownie from an Atlanta fast-food joint. "You're pleasantly plump." More and more Americans are couching their excess in euphemism these days, and they're not necessarily ashamed of it. "Obviously I don't care," says Tolbert, gesturing to her ample figure and equally ample lunch. "I don't care because I find most men I go out with like a woman with some meat on her body...
...believe that our ability to support patient-centered care in an integrated network would be enhanced if we worked together," said Jerome H. Grossman, NEMC chair and chief executive officer, and J. Richard Gaintner, Pathway president and chief executive officer, in a joint statement...
Defense Secretary William Perry and Indian officials today signed a military cooperation accord in New Delhi that aims to improve stormy relations between the U.S. and the former strategic Soviet ally. But TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompson says Perry is less concerned about the agreement, which simply authorizes joint military exercises and research, than in politicking in the region to prevent an arms race between India and bitter rival Pakistan. "Now that the Soviets are our allies," Thompson points out, "all their old allies are ipso facto our allies...
President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama ended a quick Washington summit today by plugging the upbeat side of current U.S.-Japanese relations: joint support of the North Korean nuclear pact and the mini-breakthrough to allow U.S. apples onto Japanese shelves. The little-mentioned downside: The U.S. trade gap with Japan has grown, Clinton admitted, and "further progress must be made" to open Japan's markets to U.S. autos and auto parts, which account for nearly 60 percent of the deficit...