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...Diamonds”—with each segment evoking an aspect of Balanchine’s life and career. The dancers capture the spirit of each piece as Balanchine intended it to be perceived. Balanchine’s career began in Russia’s St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet. After the Russian Revolution, he moved on to France in the twenties and thirties and finally to America where his artistic genius took off. In “Emeralds,” “Rubies” and “Diamonds,” Balanchine evokes each country...

Author: By Catherine A Morris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boston Ballet Dances 'Jewels' | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

...After being drafted into the Army in 1970 and being stationed in Washington, D.C. for two years - part of his job was to salute President Nixon as he boarded the presidential helicopter - Kerlikowske became a police officer in St. Petersburg, Fla. He ran two small police departments in Florida before being hired as chief of police in Buffalo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gil Kerlikowske: Obama's New Drug Czar | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...worked as an undercover narcotics detective, an internal affairs investigator and a police hostage negotiator. In 1992, he told a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times, the two most important issues in law enforcement were race relations and excessive force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gil Kerlikowske: Obama's New Drug Czar | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...lead a major U.S. city [Feb. 9]. That designation may more deservedly go to David Cicilline, the mayor of Providence, R.I., elected in 2002. Portland's population is bigger, but Providence is its state's capital. That's pretty major in its own right. Rick Carson, ST. PETERSBURG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...South Korea - even there our presence is not appreciated. Our days as the world's policeman are over, and that's a good thing. Let's return to creating the goodwill and moral capital that have always been our real sources of power and influence. Charles Johnson, St. Petersburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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