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...orchestra had extended a similar musical promise with its sparkling performance of the overture. The music-making was superb from the outset: members of the chorus blended well with each other and sang fortissimo without overwhelming Christina Harrop's slight Giannetta. Gregory Turay turned Nemorino's first tenor solo into a great vocal cadenza. Soprano Lisa Saffer's Adina soon demonstrated that her coloratura could amply meet the demands of the bel canto style...
Inexperience disrupted the peace process as well. At the outset, recalls a senior U.S. official, "this group of Israelis assumed they could just roll Yasser Arafat." After an early interview, a Jerusalem Post reporter wrote that it was clear Netanyahu hadn't actually read the details of the Oslo accords. For two months his men refused to deal with Arafat's chief negotiator. Even when pressure from Washington got talks under way, Netanyahu thought he could gain leverage by restricting Arafat's use of his helicopter...
However, a 6-0 Harvard run at the outset of the second half raised Crimson enthusiasm. "In the first couple of minutes, they came out flying," Walsh said. "It was totally exciting. The whole crowd was going nuts. Alice still doesn't have her voice...
From the very outset, it seemed that the Crimson laxmen did not know that they were in a game. They sputtered on offense and were not containing on defense...
...Going undefeated was a goal all season for us," co-captain Jessica Gelman said. "From the outset, we wanted to do it and prove our dominance over the league...