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Duty & Spirit. Although claques are still common in Italian opera houses, none in years have been organized with the same flair and genius for detail. A onetime aspiring singer, Carrara abandoned his career when his money ran out, now works during the day as a salesman, has been claquing evenings...
The countries involved do not necessarily vote as a bloc, and they exhibit many different degrees of political stability, economic progress and philosophical outlook. Governments in Africa will come and go, the map will change and change again. The U.S. has not always fared well with these countries in the...
Hiroshima, Mon Amour is a meeting of East and West, a document protesting war, and a carefully compassionate psychological study. Confusing, and sometimes hectic, it is also immensely impressive and moving. The New Wave film art, which it represents, expresses emotion in quick shots, jerky transitions, and skillful composition, which...
The Norton lecturer for any given year could be a man from any of a veritable potpourri of fields which the University considers to belong among music, the arts, or literature. This winter's speaker is architect Felix Candela, who entered the profession on the theory that it "sounded as...
* On the morning of Nov. 30, 22 years ago, a Soviet land-sea-air offensive against Finland ended prolonged negotiations over Soviet demands for Finnish territory. Numerically overpowering Russian troops expected to overrun Finland in days, but heroic resistance by skillful, ski-equipped troops fought the enemy to a virtual...