Word: khachaturian
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...movie, and thought Jarre could be helpful in finding an aural complement to Lean's sand-swept tribute to T.E. Lawrence. As Stephen M. Silverman tells it in his excellent Lean biography, Spiegel had originally wanted Lawrence to have three composers: Jarre would do the dramatic music, while Aram Khachaturian scored the Arab scenes and Benjamin Britten the English. When those two estimable gents proved unavailable, Spiegel corralled Richard Rodgers into writing an Arabian motif and a "love theme" - for an all-male movie. Sanity eventually prevailed: the not-so-well-known Frenchman composed the whole score for Lawrence...
...Australian authorities are counterattacking. A team of health experts, assembled by the national advocacy group Alzheimer's Australia and spearheaded by American dementia expert Zaven Khachaturian, will on Sept. 20 in Sydney present a "Vision Statement" that argues "there is no time to lose" and outlines a four-point plan for delaying the onset of dementia. If that goal sounds modest, there's cause to hope for more. "This is the best of times for Alzheimer's research," says group member Colin Masters, professor of pathology at the University of Melbourne, who says drugs that could stop or reverse...
Other scientists are more cautious. Zaven Khachaturian of the Alzheimer's Association warns that large-scale human studies will be necessary to determine just how effective curcumin is, what the appropriate dose should be and whether there are any side effects. But if the studies pan out, curcumin could join a growing list of spices with known or suspected medicinal properties...
...link to strokes was the highlight of a flood of Alzheimer's news last week--including encouraging reports on drugs that alleviate the symptoms of the disease and perhaps even reduce the risk of developing it. Short of a cure, says Zaven Khachaturian, director of the Alzheimer's Association's Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Institute, more welcome news cannot be imagined...
Tuesday's premiere performance showed the versatility of the troupe's technique in four markedly different pieces. The zany, humorous "Fontessa and Friends" opened the show with music by the Modern Jazz Quartet. Scott Joplin, Khachaturian, James P. Johnson and Linda Clifford. This lively spoof on ballet and love affairs has a definite plot Fontessa (April Brown) paces around in an evening gown, languishing for The Man, a strong, macho hunk danced by Keith McDaniel. Meanwhile, Ragtime (Ralph Glenmore), a cool Black dude reminiscent of Ben Vereen, laughs at lovers, audience and himself. He turns to the back...