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...school's gold-and-green colors led the emotional pep rally. More than a thousand pupils--almost the entire student body--assembled, many of them wearing paper hearts with the words CHOOSE LIFE. They hugged one another, cheered their athletic teams and sang We Are the World. The lyric "We're saving our own lives" understandably brought many to tears: the rally had been called to calm the student body after three youths at Bryan High School on the outskirts of Omaha committed suicide within five days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Could Suicide Be Contagious? | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...Child's Christmas in Wales: by Dylan Thomas, Lyric Stage, through...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: December 12-18 | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

Sounding like an inspired cross between R.E.M. and the Del Fuegos, Dumptruck's jangling guitars and earnest appeal--they reportedly take their name from the same Dylan lyric that denotes The Harvard Crimson's election supplement--make them a top-line local attraction and a band to watch...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Gurus From Down Under | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...Nightingale Sang: by C.P. Taylor, Lyric Stage, Wednesday-Friday at 8, Saturdays at 5 and 8:30, through December...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: November 14-20 | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

Battle's range spans two and a half octaves, from a low A to a high E. Her voice has a color and flexibility that allow her to go beyond soubrette roles to encompass the death-defying coloratura declamations of Handel's Semele, or dramatically richer lyric parts like Melisande in Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande, which she is now studying. That radiant sound emerges from a 5-ft. 3-in., 120-lb. frame like Athena leaving the head of Zeus: pure and full blown, and shimmering like celestial chimes. "Her voice is remarkably beautiful," says Met Music Director James...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: At the Head of the Class | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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