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...happened so often in the past, Adams' measured words somehow turned violence into a plea for peace. His emergence as one of the key men to reckon with in Northern Ireland has brought him a long way from the rough streets of Belfast, where he began his activist career. Only two days before the attacks, he was rambling through the streets of west Belfast in a cold drizzle. He paused in front of a rubble heap, which for him was a monument to a heroic political struggle, not just the remnants of a high-rise public housing project. "These...
...sucessful. Having meandered thourgh the beautiful rooms of the Gardner Museum en route to the theater, sold-out audiences found themselves disillusioned at having to cram into an inconvenient space and strain their necks to catch a glimpse of the distant stage. Those who could see witnessed a still rough rendition of Aristophanes' most popular play, Lysistrata...
...same time made manifest their own quite disparate styles. The first violinist, Nick Eanet, revealed almost immediately the exquisite clarity of his highly-nuanced sound, while the cellist Marcy Rosen imbued all her solos with intense lyricism. The playing of the second violinist, Nicholas Mann, was passionate though somewhat rough, and the phrasing of the violist, Katherine Murdock, evinced bright enthusiasm...
...asked me if I'd like to fight him I'd say 'no' pretty quickly, but I do like to see a rough style of play in the NHL," Farrell says. "I think there's a million other people like me out there who enjoy watching guys like [Probert], and I think it's necessary for the game. If it was gone, a lot of the cheap stickwork would just get worse if there wasn't someone to enforce stuff...
...hurried journey to break ground in 1995 and open Disney's America in 1998 will be rough every inch of the way. Opposition comes from history buffs, environmentalists, old meddlers like Ralph Nader and a lot of residents who moved to the area to get away from things like the mouse. Not the least of these is the Piedmont Environmental Council, with various Mellons and DuPonts and Jackie Onassis on the membership rolls. It has ponied up $400,000, with a goal of $1 million, for what board chairman Charles Whitehouse calls "the fight of our lives...