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Nothing lends itself to Rossini's tidal score more than a story of comic abduction, spousal warfare, anachronistic feminism and subtle slapstick. In this opera, one Bey of Algiers, Mustafa, seeks to rid himself of his dull wife. Elvira and replace her with the kidnapped Isabella, an Italian femme fatale. Enter Lindoro, a hapless Italian slave who just happens to be the lover of Isabella. With the cooperation of an unlucky suitor and the assistance of Elvira, Isabella and Lindoro escape to Italy together by means of an outragerous contrivance, leaving Mustafa and Elvira reunited...

Author: By Lawrence M. Brown, | Title: Fine Italian Girl in Lowell House | 3/11/1993 | See Source »

...market as international. And I think, especially for African-American males, they're going to have to market their books well, because there is an attempt by some of the fanatical fascists in the literary feminist movement to annhiliate the Black male literary culture. They want to get rid of all the contemporaries and guys in the past. They go back digging up poor Richard Wright. They've got some Black male critics who are following this because there's money in going along with this. Myself, in order to survive, I publish my own magazine, books, novels...

Author: By Tracy K. Smith, | Title: A Talk With 'A Real Pro' | 3/4/1993 | See Source »

...coup plotters, a new Prime Minister agreed upon by Cedras and Aristide, and an end to the trade embargo that has crippled an already weak economy. At this point the sanctions are punishing the poor while sustaining the rich monopolists who conspired with the army to get rid of the populist Aristide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Lives on Hold | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

...Harvard must rid itself of the ghost of BU, which has beaten the Crimson three times in a row. To win, Harvard must somehow manage to use its unparalleled speed and skill in the ever-tricky Causeway institution. And to win, Harvard must first get past Northeastern...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It All Comes Down to Monday | 1/29/1993 | See Source »

...rocks after a spill destroy microorganisms that are an important part of the seaside's ecology. The surfaces of rocks are attractively cleaned but left biologically dead. In the Shetlands, nature will take care of most of the cleanup. "The sea is doing a tremendous job of getting rid of the stuff already," says David Hammond, who runs a salmon smokehouse 25 miles north of the wreck site. "I'm optimistic that we will not have much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resilient Sea | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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