Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...youth holds for the future. Reagan praises Richard Cavoli, a young science and medical expert, Tyrone Ford, an accomplished 12-year-old muscian, Shelly Butler, an honors student who saved a girl from being run over by a bus, and Trevor Farrell, a 13-year-old who aids Philadelphia's homeless...
...judge listens as two lawyers argue their cases; an American flag stands to one side of the bench and a Bible is handy for swearing in witnesses. But while the legal disagreement is ordinary enough, the courtroom is not run by any government. Instead, it is operated by a Philadelphia company called Judicate, Inc. For fees that average about $600, Judicate issues opinions in such noncriminal cases as personal-injury suits and contract disputes. The decisions of the firm's judges, all of whom have retired from the public court system, are either binding or not, depending upon the prior...
...work proved to be much strenuous ado about nothing, it was energetically performed by the Philadelphians and Soloist Gregory Fulkerson. Finally, Dvorak's undeservedly neglected Fifth Symphony received a taut performance that, among other virtues, was notable for the breathtaking precision of the strings. Two days later in Philadelphia, Muti took an Apollonian view of Berlioz's sprawling "dramatic symphony," Romeo et Juliette, featuring Soprano Jessye Norman and Bass-Baritone Simon Estes. For all its splendor, however, the performance could have used more intensity and less Gallic detachment...
Ormandy, it is true, held on too long, and the Philadelphia musicians have embraced Muti so warmly in part because he is not Ormandy. But an edifice that took more than four decades to erect should not lightly be dismantled. For all the talk of versatility, it ought to be remembered that the two best orchestras in the world, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, have an instantly identifiable signature that distinguishes every note they play. Should Muti ultimately find a way to merge Ormandy's legacy of a personalized voice with his own formidable strengths, then the chain...
...company go under, each is demanding results, and fast. In 1985 Eastern eked out a tiny $6.3 million profit on revenues of $4.8 billion, but during the final three months of the year the carrier lost $67 million. Says Louis Marckesano, an airline- industry expert at the Philadelphia-based investment firm of Janney Montgomery Scott: "The banks are not playing games. They want more reassurance from Eastern, and they want a game plan that shows how the company will make money...