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...contain the emphasis usually accorded to them; in the context of historical performances, they appeared routine. But momentousness was, in general, not his goal. The defining trait of Ax's playing on Saturday was a striking immediacy. Rather than using time to create intense emotional drama, as Sviatoslav Richter did in his landmark 1960 performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Erich Leinsdorg, Ax manifested an incessant urge to build in an efficient and almost austere manner...
Skyscrapers swayed in Tokyo early this morning during a powerful earthquake (5.6 on the Richter scale) centered 75 miles beneath the surface of Sagami Bay to the southwest of the city. The depth of the quake helped to mitigate its force. While the bullet trains lost power for about an hour, and some homes sustained minor structural damage, no injuries were reported...
...said Zelmar Bolin, a senior citizen who has lived in Imperial Beach for 51 years, "is the only income I've got." Bilbray assuaged the gathering, saying Democrats were using scare tactics. He explained that his plan would only slow the growth of Social Security and Medicare benefits. Virginia Richter said she'd back Bilbray on Medicare, "but it should be one of the last avenues" to balance the budget. "If everything else is reduced, yes, we'd go along," she said. But first slash corporate subsidies and aid to Israel. Said Thelma Steffen: "I say take care of Americans...
...devastating earthquake struck Sakhalin Island in Russia's far east, killing perhaps as many as 2,000 of 3,000 people living in the tiny oil-drilling town of Neftegorsk. The violent quake, 7.5 on the Richter scale, flattened the shoddy Soviet-built apartment blocks; in a section of town, one of the few structures still standing was a statue of Lenin. Subfreezing nighttime temperatures complicated rescue efforts, and thick offshore ice kept a hospital ship from reaching Sakhalin...
Residents of the remote Far East Russian island of Sakhalin desperately sought to rescue their relatives and friends as Russian troops scrambled to dig out thousands of victims of one of the most catastrophic earthquakes in Russian history. The devastating temblor, measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale, hit at 1am on Sunday, leveling the town of Neftegorsk and burying most of the 3,500 residents in the wreckage of brick and concrete buildings. In Neftegorsk, cries of pain were heard amid the rubble, the whole area clouded by thick smoke from fires sparked by the quake. At least...