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...When the opening night curtain went up on Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, it all seemed worth the effort. Boris is the pinnacle of Russian opera, and those who filled the Met last week seemed to have no doubt that the Bolshoi's interpretation was something of a peak, too. The audience let loose repeated barrages of bravos, shouts and applause. Even Andy Warhol was seen to touch palm to palm. The Bolshoi stars were surprised and somewhat unnerved. "They didn't know who to send out first for curtain calls," said Gilbert Hemsley, a production supervisor...
...muggers are caught (only 20% of the FBI's 10 million reported crimes resulted in arrests last year), the profile of the criminal is hard to draw. Some basic facts are indisputable, however. Almost half of all arrests are of teen-agers and young adults; indeed, 15 is the peak age for violent crimes. Forty-four percent of the nation's murderers are 25 or younger, and 10% are under 18. Of those arrested for street crimes, excluding murder, fully 75% are under 25 and 45% are under...
...most combat-ready American forces anywhere. They are also among the most important politically. On the one hand, Pyongyang views them as the major obstacle to its unifying the Korean peninsula under Communist rule; on the other, Seoul sees the American presence (although reduced considerably from its 1953 peak of 325,000 men) as both a deterrent to attack and an earnest demonstration of Washington's commitment to defend South Korea in the event of attack...
Recent analyses by New York's First National City Bank, Chase Manhattan and Morgan Guaranty Trust suggest that OPEC's trade surpluses will peak around 1978 and actually swing to a deficit, perhaps of $56 billion (Morgan Guaranty's figure), by 1980. But Levy, one of the most widely respected private U.S. oil consultants, estimates that by 1980 the 13 OPEC countries will still be pulling $50 billion a year more in oil revenues out of the rest of the world than they return through purchases of goods and services. By then their accumulated surpluses of foreign...
...minors have lost too many fans to pay their way; most clubs are now supported in red ink by big-league teams. Last year the Philadelphia Phillies alone poured $2 million into their farm system-including Spartanburg. Even so, the bush leagues continue to die off. From a peak of 59 leagues, 448 teams, and 42 million spectators in 1949, the minors withered to 18 circuits, 145 teams and 11 million fans last summer...