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...turned out, Bondra wasn't needed in that final period. Washington's tenacious defense and goaltender Olaf Kolzig held off Boston in a 3-1 victory in today's Game 1 of the first-round Eastern Conference series. But if he were lost for the series--and he's not sure he'll be back for Game 2--it would severely dampen the Capitals' hopes of breaking their run of playoff misery...
...Golden Girls:" St. Olaf and "Picture it--Sicily...
...cost of higher education is rising at a faster rate than the Consumer Price Index, and it is not irresponsible "gouging." Knowledge is growing at a rate considerably faster than the CPI--at 4% to 8% a year, according to one study. To meet this expansion, colleges like St. Olaf have had to hire more professors, purchase more publications and finance more laboratories to bring this knowledge to the undergraduate student. In addition, the number of publications that disseminate knowledge and their costs have greatly outpaced inflation. Rises in the price of computers and lab equipment easily outstripped rises...
...Baritone Olaf Baer joined the orchestra to sing seven Schubert songs. This is the 200th anniversary of Schubert's death, and everyone is programming his music. Cleveland tried to pick seven crowd-pleasers, but the lied, an intimate genre for solo voice and piano, does not always survive orchestration. The two songs that Brahms transcribed, "Memnon" and "An Schwager Kronos," not surprisingly, were very successful. But Kurt Gillman's "Du Bist Die Ruh" and Felix Mottl's "Standchen" invited exuberance and high volume where restraint and calm would have better served the lilting melodies...
BORN: Oct. 1, 1953, Brooklyn, N.Y. EDUCATION: St. Olaf College, B.A., 1975; Vermont Law School, J.D., 1981 FAMILY: Husband, Thomas Trunzo; two children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Radio-talk-show host; think-tank director; professor POLITICAL CAREER: New Hampshire House, 1985-93; Democratic nominee for Governor, 1992 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 2694, Concord...