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...Ravel's score remained unsung. Fortunately, the lack was hardly noticed in the grandeur of the orchestra's performance. The opening rills for wind and harp, although punctuated by two unmerciful squeaks, created a setting of pastoral calm. Dense, lush orchestration frequently dissolved into the quickness and light of lighter sections; this is clearly recognizable as music for the ballet. Clear articulation was a hallmark of the performance of this epic yet fairylike piece, and once again, HRO strained Sanders with the strength and power of the final few chords of the piece...
...group also addressed sexual harassment of men by women through an excerpt from "A...My Name is Alice"--a lighter scene about a woman who responds to a man's flirtatious calls on the street...
...lighter note, Roger O'Sullivan came to theCouncil meeting to commemorate what would havebeen the 94th birthday of Dr. Seuss, thechildren's book writer...
...much time as I can in the Olympic village," she declared firmly. "But I've got to focus on my own thing right now and do what's good for me." Conventional wisdom says that Kwan should have played it differently, a little looser perhaps. But she had lighter moments, visiting a Zenkoji temple and watching Harrison Ford kick butt in Air Force One hours before doing likewise in her short program...
...lighter side -- if an all-female air force spraying debilitating nerve gas over Fort Knox can be considered lighter -- is Goldfinger (1964). Easily the best of the Bonds, and ahead of its time (sort of) with its man-hating, squadron-leading femme fatale, Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman). She was a liberated woman until James tripped her up on that haystack. No Gloria Steinem, but her conversion saved a lot of lives...