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Criminal-justice experts say there is no dissonance between the somber mood and the upbeat statistics. The effect of three decades of rising crime rates has been cumulative: rare is the family that has not been scarred. ``We've been living at what is a very high plateau of criminality for a long time,'' says John Stein, deputy director of the National Organization for Victim Assistance. ``And the American public is worn out by it.'' For all Americans, the odds of becoming a victim are far greater than they were in 1963, when the FBI crime index counted...
...somber judgment scene from Aida unfolds. Portraying the Egyptian princess Amneris is a singer identified in the program as ``Carmelita Della Vaca- Browne,'' a burly Puerto Rican ex-soprano whose voice (since giving birth to triplets) has darkened to a take-no-prisoners mezzo. In the role of the doomed warrior Radames, all-American tenor ``Tex Stolto'' can't seem to resist handing out glossy photos of himself. And as Ramfis, the high priest, Russian bass ``Boris Pistoff'' doffs his headdress to reveal himself as a Conehead...
...mood around here is pretty somber," said a Kirkland sophomore. "It's affecting most of us a lot. The house masters and staff have been very supportive...
...somber judgment scene from Aida unfolds. Portraying the Egyptian princess Amneris is a singer identified in the program as "Carmelita Della Vaca- Browne," a burly Puerto Rican ex-soprano whose voice (since she gave birth to triplets) has darkened to a take-no-prisoners mezzo. In the role of the doomed warrior Radames, all-American tenor "Tex Stolto" can't seem to resist handing out 8-by-10 glossies of himself. And as Ramfis, the high priest, Russian bass "Boris Pistoff" doffs his headdress to reveal himself as a Conehead...
...grateful University dedicated Memorial Church to the Harvard men who had given their lives in defense of their country during World War I. Even today the Memorial Room remains somber and contemplative, a place where one may pay reverence to the fallen heros of yesteryear...