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...already a brilliant conductor of Parsifal, he views Lohengrin as a kind of musical prequel to Wagner's last work. He adopted a daringly slow _ tempo for the Act I prelude, letting it burn with a fervid religiosity, but gave the chorus and onstage "brass players thrilling free rein in the opera's frequent boisterous moments. Levine has mastered the sense of timelessness so crucial to successful Wagner performances in general, and static works like Lohengrin in particular; one looks forward to the day, two seasons hence, when he takes on the more overtly dramatic Ring...
...zero-zero proposal on short-range missiles in Europe, and which helped scotch the reasonable "walk-in-the-woods" compromise under which NATO deployments would be scaled back for a reduction of Soviet SS-20s. It is the same attitude which, in the strategic talks, asks Moscow to rein in their landbased missiles while Washington proceeds with its build-up on air and sea-launched nukes. It is the same attitude that enables the Republicans to make the disgraceful attack on Democratic foreign policy as somehow unpatriotic...
...divided Congress has tried to keep a rein on the B-1 by limiting the total purchase order to $20.5 billion in 1981 dollars for 100 aircraft. From fiscal 1982 through fiscal 1984, Congress budgeted more than $11 billion for 18 planes. For fiscal 1985, which begins Oct. 1, the Administration is requesting funding to buy 34 more...
Mondale and Ferraro complement each other well on the stump, though the contrast in style can be jarring. Ferraro is breezy and colloquial, Mondale becalmed and formal. Occasionally, as if advised not to act too effervescent, she attempts to rein herself in. When a band in Cleveland struck up New York, New York, Ferraro began swaying, but abruptly stopped. "I just love to dance," she half-apologized. For Mondale's introduction the combo played a catchy disco tune, but he did not even twitch. Yet Mondale seems invigorated by Ferraro; he speaks more forcefully and smiles more readily when...
...pacific tradition has long made it a haven for exiles of all political stripes: it now houses some 16,000 refugees from El Salvador, 10,000 of them un registered. It is home to 3,500 exiles from the Sandinista regime, though just five years ago it allowed free rein to Sandinista rebels fighting to bring down Nicaraguan Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle...