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After nine months of secret negotiations between the Fellows of Harvard and the Trustees of Radcliffe Colleges, the University is preparing to redefine the historically ambiguous role of Radcliffe College...
...years ago, Michael Bolton had a fortunate epiphany. Sharing a stage with Luciano Pavarotti at an Italian benefit concert, Bolton heard the First Tenor sing Puccini's Nessun dorma. The experience left the pop balladeer "overwhelmed by the emotional depth of this great music." Now Bolton has recorded My Secret Passion: The Arias (Sony Classical), a collection of 10 popular arias and a duet from La Boheme on which he is joined by no less a luminary than soprano Renee Fleming...
Would that Bolton sang as well as he sells, for My Secret Passion is a grotesque example of what can happen when a famous amateur suffering from delusions of adequacy falls into the hands of cynical record executives looking to boost the bottom line by any means necessary. The results sound just like--well, like Michael Bolton singing Italian opera arias in the shower. Too bad Norman Bates wasn't there to cut things short...
...doubt starry-eared optimists will claim that My Secret Passion is reaching people who might otherwise never hear opera, but trying to save the ailing classical-record business by pushing this kind of trifle is like trying to revive a failing economy by printing counterfeit money...
Tucker's first day of secret testimony, March 18, was devoted to a six-hour tour of the Clintons' real estate history. Starr apparently hoped he would provide more details about Hillary's role in a house-of-cards residential development called Castle Grande, which Jim McDougal financed through his savings-and-loan, Madison Guaranty. Federal regulators called Castle Grande a sham. Af-ter earning $2 million in commissions and fees for McDougal's associates, it collapsed in 1989 (cost to taxpayers: $4 million), helping trigger the $50 million failure of Madison. In sworn statements to federal regulators, Hillary said...