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MUSIC . . . THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH: "Misery loves country," says TIME's Richard Corliss. But even in a musical genre that tries to put a pang in every twang, Patty Loveless stands out. "Loveless has a purity, a disdain for emotional compromise, that sets her above the standard ingratiators." Patty sings the truth and serves it up raw. So it makes sense that her gorgeous, pulverizing new CD is called 'The Trouble with the Truth.' And what is the trouble? As the title song, by Gary Nicholson, tells us: 'It has ruined the taste of the sweetest lies,/ Burned through...
...Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper stood in the back of the church listening to their own funeral sermons, they heard the pastor draw "such pictures of the graces, the winning ways and the rare promise of the lost lads" that everyone present "felt a pang that he had persistently blinded himself to them always before, and had as persistently seen only faults and flaws in the poor boys...
...will alternate performances with Alexis Zeiff Martin) as Mimi and Frank Ragsdale as Rodolfo are warm if low-key lovers. Vocal prowess combined with comfortable English diction compensate for somewhat subdued interaction on both parts. (Those who saw "La Traviata" last year can't help but feel a pang of deja vu as McGowan lies dying of tuberculosis in the fourth act with Ragsdale clasping her palm...
Also participating on the political panel will be: Ambassador Richard Williams, former U.S. consul general to Hong Kong; Dr. Allen Lee Pang Fei, chair of the Liberal Party in Hong Kong; Bing Leung, vice-chair of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, and Jonathan Mirsky, East Asian correspondent for the London Times...
...first time, I felt a pang of nostalgia for my years as a manager of Belmont boys' basketball. All of the memories that I have related washed across me suddenly and a chill went up and down my spine. I had always known that we had a great run those couple of years, but I never realized how important it had all been to me. Standing there with Asa, seeing him in Dartmouth Green and not Belmont Blue and Maroon, the pieces began to fall into place...