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...inexplicably fallen from the sky and hit her eye. I think of July 5, the night my parents usually took me to see fireworks during my childhood so that we could avoid the crowds. I remember my high school friends complaining about the admission price to hear the local orchestra play patriotic music to fireworks—and the rain that ruined our picnic when I finally convinced them their ticket would be worth the money...
Your story on the trouble that the U.S. is having in controlling the crime and chaos in Iraq [WORLD, May 26] struck me as condemning the conductor instead of the orchestra that is playing badly. Iraqi citizens don't seem to be able to act in their own self-interest, probably because of the country's factionalism. I bet a lot of scores are being settled right now. Iraq will come together but not before the Iraqis squeeze as much money as they can from the U.S. JOHN EADES Zionsville...
...called according to Botswana etiquette; tomes on law and medicine; a report from Britain's Human Genetics Commission (he's vice chairman); dozens of his children's books (the first success was The Perfect Hamburger); and several saxophones (he plays bassoon, too, in a group called the Really Terrible Orchestra). How does he manage all that? It helps that writer's block has never been a problem. McCall Smith estimates his writing speed at an astonishing 1,000 words an hour. "I'm very lucky," he says. "I don't have to make a great effort." Nor do readers...
...that’s pressure. There are some extraordinarily gifted people here, but ultimately all the a capella jams and orchestra concerts they put on are little more than glorified talent shows. We know they’re good, but few know when (or if) they make a mistake. And when they do, hundreds of people don’t groan in disappointment, and those rooting for them to fail don’t cheer with glee...
...music director of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, which performs regularly in Sanders Theater, and a fellow at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Isaiah had been a member of the Lowell SCR. The Lowell House masters invited the couple to live in residence as visiting scholars...