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Alston expressed concern that unilateral intervention by the U.S. sets a dangerous precedent for other na-tions. But before international organ-izations undertake multilateral intervention, he said, they must consider "practical feasibility...
...first 11 pages. The President talked through a passage about having to play the hand you're dealt after 20 years of exploding debt. "A big part of the job," says Begala, "is being able to take dictation. I always remember I'm the monkey and he's the organ-grinder...
Pneumonia plugs up the lung's air spaces, reducing the surface area available for the lungs to exchange gas with the blood. Nitric oxide, produced naturally by organ linings as a hormone to dilate blood vessels, works by improving gas exchange efficiency in the remaining unclogged spaces...
...career as an unabashed writer of down-to-earth tonal music. Now the composer, 72, has issued several works on the Fredonia Discs label (3947 Fredonia Drive, Hollywood, California 90068) that ought to trigger a reappraisal. Wilderness Journal, a symphony for bass- baritone (the late Donald Gramm), organ and orchestra (the National Symphony), on texts by Thoreau, surges and soars, while The Nine Lessons of Christmas lyrically transcends its seasonal origins. And La Montaine the virtuoso is represented by an engaging reading of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 -- on the electronic keyboard, no less...
...Wilbur's production mixes merriment and zaniness with some fine acting. It opens with lively caroling (as befits the title). Yuletide favorites pepper the performance, accompanied by a (loud) solo organ. Immediately a few narrators quote Dickens's text verbatim; adapter/director Larry Carpenter has no intention of inflating this into anything but a story...