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...next song, a slight ballad by Friedrich Rueckert (the same one who made Mahler's masterpiece possible), was the evening's first jewel. As an astute listener remarked, "Dass sie hier gewesen" (That she was here) was ravishing because Goode wove in Upshaw's calm melody among a gently insistent stream of suspended fourths. The last of the five, "Der Musensohn" (The Muses' Son, a poem by Goethe), was a vehicle more for Goode's talent than Upshaw's--his capricious part intimated one of his upcoming Brahms solos. Unfortunately, the lace of technical difficulty left him free...

Author: By Matthew A. Carter, | Title: A Spring Night's Dream of a Concert | 5/16/1997 | See Source »

...officer's honor to be impugned. A flip of the middle finger could cost $855. And if any of Bavaria's road demons think that being friendly will help them, they should think again. Those found . guilty of addressing police with the familiar Du rather than the more formal Sie are fined an average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Curses! Fined Again | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

These population shifts change all the bric-a-brac of life. A car in Los Angeles carries a custom license plate that says SIE SIE LI, meaning, in Chinese, "thank you." Graffiti sprayed in a nearby park send their obscure signals in Farsi. A suburban supermarket specializes in such Vietnamese delicacies as pork snouts and pickled banana buds. The Spanish-language soap opera Tu o Nadie gets the top ratings among independent stations every night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Changing Face of America: Just Look Down Broadway | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...Monday, February 4 issue exhibit an improper and irresponsible representation of a mature dialogue between faculty and students concerning the Housing lottery. Two photographs appeared side by side, one of the Lowell House Tower and the other of a sign reading "Oh, shit! I've been Quaded[sie]! Currier House Sucks!" The Crimson's claim that the-two photographs are "a study in contrast" is completely unfounded. A photographs of a sign scribbled by an obviously distraught freshman offers no comparison to a photograph of the Lowell House Tower. In addition, the photographs have nothing to do with the articles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tasteless | 2/6/1985 | See Source »

Those were words he lived by to the end. His motto, in Polish, was "Nie dam sie" (I shall never give in), and he never did. "Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me," he once said. "Music is me. I think I can say no man has lived his life more fully than I have. My life is made. If I die today, still, I've had it. Nobody can say I've been deprived of anything." Of some men it is said that they lived for their art; Rubinstein's life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Song to Remember | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

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