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...just outside Oxford, seats around 500. You can eat in the restaurant, order a picnic or bring your own. Dine in the all-weather tents or the Italian gardens with their yew hedges, statues and water features, which are sometimes used as scenery for productions. The 2007 season includes Richard Strauss's modern take on Greek mythology, Ariadne auf Naxos...
...music became another type of escape. He took singing lessons and taught himself to play piano; a severe dyslexic, Mika is unable to read music. His first proper gig was, aged 11, in the choir in Richard Strauss's Die Frau Ohne Schatten at London's Royal Opera House. He went on to study at the Royal College of Music. At night, he worked on his pop songs or waited tables to pay the studio bills. Eventually a record company showed interest - but only if he did as he was told. "I wrote Grace Kelly as a kind of reaction...
Search committee members appear to be reconciled to the fact that University of Cambridge Vice Chancellor Alison F. Richard, frequently mentioned as a leading candidate, is sincere in her pledge to remain in the U.K., according to two individuals familiar with the group’s activities...
...opponents articulating their positions on the pressing issues of the day. "It wouldn't be the Lincoln-Douglas debates, but it would be better than nothing," said a frustrated Stewart. Assuming he completes another four-year term, Daley, 64, will have served longer than his legendary father Richard M. Daley, who had been mayor for 21 years when he died in office...
...brief moments last year, Richard M. Daley actually looked vulnerable heading into his current campaign for a sixth - count 'em - term as Chicago's mayor. Four of his closest aides, included his patronage chief, were convicted last summer on corruption charges, while a federal probe of the city's hiring practices continued. Around the same time, a court-ordered investigation detailed an elaborate torture ring operated - and later covered up - by high-ranking Chicago police officials from the 1970s until the '90s. What's more, in an unprecedented show of defiance, the city council broke ranks with the mayor, passing...