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...European expatriate, I am watching with horror and disbelief as Europe is being transformed through left-wing ideology against the will of most Europeans. Europe is inexorably coming to an end. It is now nothing more than a socialist dictatorship governed by a political élite that is among the most corrupt in the world. What's happening in the E.U. today is not in accordance with the principles of democracy. Giorgio Corazza, ORANGE GROVE, SOUTH AFRICA...
...Classical Music the smart, crusty, blustery critic Norman Lebrecht frog-marches readers, prestissimo, through the glory days of Toscanini and Glenn Gould to the bloated collapse of the early 2000s, brought on by inflated contracts, corporate mismanagement, mindless rerecordings of the warhorses and a welter of weak-minded classical-lite crossover acts. The book ends with a list of the 100 best classical recordings of all time, richly annotated with backstage gossip--and the 20 worst. When Lebrecht takes apart Andrea Bocelli's recording of Verdi's Requiem, you don't know who to feel sorrier for, Bocelli or Verdi...
...between left and right. But he isn't taking chances. In a Russia where crusading journalists like Anna Politkovskaya have been shot, he travels with bodyguards. Russians must take responsibility for change, he says. All he wants from the West is an unequivocal message to the Russian ruling élite that "there will be consequences if they don't play by the rules...
...approval of the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, who has yet to repudiate Ahmadinejad. "If Parliament senses for a second that Khamenei has withdrawn his support, the government will fall," says Atrianfar. A politician close to Rafsanjani tells Time, "Most of the decision makers and the élite are against him. If he becomes less popular, even the Supreme Leader will withdraw his support...
...Petite Maison,” the original inspiration for Burgin’s project, the Marquis de Trémicour performs a feat of architectural seduction by transforming a prudish Mélite into his lover simply by touring her through his well-decorated mansion...