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...July election by a margin of 0.56% over leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has refused to concede; in Mexico City. An hour before the conservative Calderón took his oath in the congressional chamber, legislators allied with López Obrador--who has set up a parallel government--brawled with Calderón partisans and barricaded doors in an attempt to delay the ceremony. In his inaugural address, Calderón called for unity, saying, "To those who voted for others, I will not ignore your causes. I ask you to let me win over your confidence...
Meanwhile, the industry is consolidating at a furious pace. Ultimately, there will be just one or two clubs in each of three or four price points, says Addoms. A couple of clubs are vying for Tanner & Haley's assets. A few weeks ago, high-end clubs Solstice and Parallel agreed to merge. Just about everything from growth plans to fee structures is in flux, and the industry remains lightly regulated...
...says. Is there one? "Well, it's still in the process of developing, but I think I know what it will be: short films." Pointing to the popularity of do-it-yourself websites like YouTube and the affordability of video-editing software like Final Cut, Eno sees a parallel with the revolutionary effect the 45 r.p.m. single had on popular culture in the '60s. "It suddenly liberated music because people only had to have one good idea," he says. "And it only had to to last 2 1/2 minutes." Thoughts like this seem to flush Eno with fresh enthusiasm...
Four months after losing the presidential vote to Felipe Calderón, former Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador--alleging election fraud and dirty campaigning--launched a parallel government last week, even swearing himself in as Mexico's "legitimate" President. He plans to draft a constitution and prevent Calderón's Dec. 1 inauguration by staging street protests...
...cantatas proved to be perfectly executed. According to the program, though the four cantatas performed were short sketches of ancient myths, they were also meant to understood as they would be to a baroque artist. While this was a bit of a stretch for the first two cantatas, the parallel between myth and modern life was seamless by the end. The first cantata, “Orphée,†told the story of Orpheus’s journey to the underworld to rescue his wife, Eurydice. Kathy D. Gerlach ’07, who sang the part...