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...inception, the first movement takes the form of a large crescendo made of several building sequences. Each sequence in this Animato, ma serioso begins thinly and eventually stops, giving way to another one with a greater endpoint. The music itself shimmers and sparkles with the addition of a harpsichord and celeste, though its edges are not completely smooth...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Previn and Ax Merge Insight, Resolve | 8/15/1995 | See Source »

Rape victim. Marauder. Murderer. Superstar! Phoolan Devi, an outcast Hindu woman, became a folk hero as head of a band of outlaws preying on India's corrupt alite. Part Joan of Arc, part Ma Barker, on Feb. 14, 1981, she staged her own St. Valentine's Day massacre, leading the slaughter of 22 villagers she suspected of aiding her enemies. Yet her surrender, in 1983, was on her own terms, to the cheers of 10,000 supporters. On her release from prison last year, three political parties asked her to run for office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: OUTLAWED! | 8/14/1995 | See Source »

Part Joan of Arc, part Ma Barker, Phoolan Devi in the early 1980's became a folk hero as head of a band of outlaws preying on India's corrupt elite. Her movie bio, saysTIME's Richard Corliss, "has an Indian heart but a Hollywood pulse; an assaultive experience, blistering with ripe obscenities, the frontal nudity of its star and three stark scenes in which Phoolan is raped --- enough to have the film banned 10 times over in a country where a bare shoulder can send the censors frothing." "Bandit Queen" was indeed banned in India, but for what director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOVIES . . . BANDIT QUEEN | 8/4/1995 | See Source »

...they catch up as hospitals do Denying citizens the right to be heard, a First Amendment right because prison guards do not consider them important is a denial of due process based upon wealth discrimination and status prohibited by the law of the U.S. Supreme Court. Roy Bercaw Cambridge, MA...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frivolous Suits Not Always So | 7/25/1995 | See Source »

...strongly recommend immediate action before a confrontation results in an unnecessary tragedy, and the whole Square turns into a traffic light free zone. Vivian KurKjian Cambridge, MA...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square Crossing Is Dangerous | 7/25/1995 | See Source »

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