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After working the door to the Mass. Ave. CVS for several hours, frenetically calling out to pedestrians and firing rapid compliments to passing ladies, panhandler John Jones vacates his spot at 4 p.m. sharp, leaving the coveted position open for fellow-panhandler Alice to walk up and begin working...
...team) to the ultimate White House mystery--the nature of the Clintons' marriage, which is once again a subject of national debate. Susan Stanton slaps her husband when she hears evidence of his infidelity, yanks her hand from his after feigning forgiveness during a TV interview, yet leads the rapid-response troops--just as Hillary directs the counterattack against Ken Starr. Meanwhile, the Clinton-hating American Spectator claims Hillary "looked shaken" when she heard Clinton had given Lewinsky Whitman's Leaves of Grass and quotes her saying, "He gave me the same book after our second date." What's fact...
...Danish composer Carl Nielsen's Helios Overture, Opus 17, led by assistant conductor Daniel Altman. HRO's command of dynamics is spectacular, and the various crescendos and decrescendos were subtle and nuanced, yet vivid and exciting as the orchestra swelled and faded dramatically. The violins shimmered over the rapid-fire rataplan of the brass as the overture progressed. Dancing staccato strings quickly relinquished prominence to legato passages for a fuller ensemble, until finally the hall exploded with a burst of trombone fanfare. A subdued orchestra, with piccolo decoration, receded once again into the portentous moodiness of the opening as gruff...
...rather dissimilar playing styles of the two pianists mark the greatest difference in personality between the two concerts. Rubalcaba possesses extraordinary virtuosity, and his technical facility is very evident throughout his performance. With his cascading solo lines and fluid, rapid-fire outbursts of notes, he seems extroverted almost to the point of brashness. His linear, lyrical sensibility and use of stylistic devices like tremolo octaves are very reminiscent of McCoy Tyner. But Rubalcaba's lines are even longer, and his touch more commanding, than that of John Coltrane's former pianist. Rubalcaba's improvisations are heavily patterned and rhythmically defined...
...scene is a quiet hotel room in midtown Manhattan on a sunny day in February. Two Chinese nationals are concluding a business deal in rapid-fire Mandarin. But this is no ordinary transaction. The men are discussing a straightforward proposition to sell the kidneys, corneas, livers and lungs of executed Chinese prisoners for tens of thousands of dollars. Unbeknown to one of the would-be organ brokers, however, his U.S.-based contact is Harry Wu, the human-rights activist who spent 19 years in Chinese jails and who has just secretly captured their entire exchange on videotape...