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...perfectly paired with the articulate woodwinds, was exquisite. But perhaps the oppressive feeling of the caricatures is inherent in any Gilbert and Sullivan production and is itself testament to the Players’ historical accuracy. “Patience” was wildly popular when it premiered at the Opera Comique in London in 1881, and judging from the audience’s engagement during the entire three-hour production, the Players continue to credit the tradition. “Patience” was spectacular, still entertaining more than a century after its premier. The well-played caricatures...
...watch with a calendar function. The A623 was not available to the general public but only provided to high-ranking government and military officials - a fact that lead to its nickname of "the minister watch." The very first piece made was strapped upon the wrist of China's then Premier Zhou Enlai, who wore it until his death in 1976. The trusty timepiece is now on display at the National Museum of China at Beijing's Tiananmen Square. In 1964 a special edition of the A623 was released to commemorate the successful testing of China's first nuclear device...
...Hagee's remarks, however, have certainly endeared him to Israel's hawks. Ex-Premier and Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at Hagee's rally in Jerusalem, calling the American Christian Zionists Israel's best friends...
...landscape for a long time, and on the occasion of our 85th, we wanted to offer a brief look back at how the magazine has covered some of the most historic events of the past and show how we have evolved from a wide-eyed start-up to the premier global news brand. Later this spring we will publish TIME: 85 Years of Great Writing, a collection of some of our favorite and most famous stories by our best writers. Several of those stories are mentioned on the following pages. As ever, TIME is of the essence...
...report, released by a U.N. commission investigating the February 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri, stated that the former Lebanese premier was killed by a "network of individuals" also suspected of being linked to some of the other assassinations to have plagued Lebanon in the past three years...