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Solomon, a musicologist who wrote a splendid biography of Beethoven in 1977, relates these and a host of other incidents smoothly and seamlessly, providing us with just enough of the details of court protocol, carriage rides and commissions that make the late 18th century so exotic. Mozart and the members of his circle come vividly alive-not only his father and remote, tragic mother, but also Constanze, his flighty, second-choice wife who turned professional widow (and mythmaker) after his death; and his cousin Basle, with whom he not only exchanged famously scatological letters but also, Solomon suggests, enjoyed active...
...think of communication by e-mail as akin to communication by postcard. That is, as an e-mail message is sent across the country, and anybody with enough technical prowess can pick it up, read it and copy it. (Interestingly enough, however, the nature of the Internet protocol makes it virtually impossible for someone along the way to prevent the message from reaching its destination...
...Please keep your spirits high,'' urged EMPRESS MICHIKO, gently touching the hands of refugees at an emergency shelter in Kobe. One woman, overcome with emotion, wept when the Empress, who is usually kept at a distance from ordinary Japanese, tenderly embraced her. Protocol yielded to compassion as the Empress accompanied Emperor Akihito on an eight-hour visit to the stricken city, stopping at a site where many had died to place a bouquet of daffodils from the gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Their tour of the disaster area was delayed two weeks, so as not to interfere with...
...seek recognition as a religious organization on campus, but this matter does not concern men, nor am I in any position to make such a request. Dean Jewett has indeed reassured me that Dean Epps's referral of the student group to a special College Life meeting is protocol, if special concerns do exist regarding a student organization. I do not contest this. However, if such a meeting is called, it should be a hearing on a student organization seeking recognition, not on the Boston Church of Christ, unless it is looking for a way to unilaterally "discuss" the church...
...even more interesting enterprise is 35 miles southwest of Chicago. The SOS Children's Village in rural Lockport contradicts standard protocol in any number of ways. For one, SOS accepts, or rather seeks, sibling groups, which are difficult to place in foster care. It looks for children 10 and younger -- an age at which most states believe children should still be trying to fit into foster homes. And it does so with the goal of long-term residency that replicates -- and replaces -- family life. "We are a source of frustration for the Department of Children and Family Services," says Village...