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Probably no opera could do justice to its subject's tempestuous 36 years. Jack Larson's static libretto focuses in flashback on Byron's eccentric amatory escapades; the action is framed by the efforts of Byron's friends to win him a place in Poets' Corner. Of his more dramatic travels, battles and death at Missolonghi there is scarcely a word. Such a conception might have worked had Thomson been a composer of passion and power, had he been able to write music commensurate with Byron's words and deeds -- had he been, in short, the Verdi of Otello...
...absolutely critical to stemming future flood losses, a federal task force concluded last year, is protection of riverine floodplains from further development. In some cases it may even prove cost effective to relocate entire flood-prone communities. "We need to start giving land back to the river," says Larry Larson, head of Wisconsin's floodplain program. "If we don't, sooner or later the river will take it back...
...would be overstating myself to say I was an activist," says Edward Larson '68, a professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. "But I was very much affected by movements...
...plot revolves around the evangelistic antics of Rev. Jonas Nightengale (Steve Martin), his business manager Jane Larson (Debra Winger) and their touring revivalist ministry of gospel singers. By some cruel twist, they all get stranded in Rustwater, Kansas, an empty town in all senses of the word. The religious con-games of this fraudulent ministry are eventually pre-empted by the sheriff of the town, Will, who becomes Larson's love interest as the movie drags...
...Yard: Larson Hall, Graduate School of Education...