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...later, psychiatrist Julius Wagner-Jauregg won for injecting patients with malaria to treat syphilitic dementia (not a good idea). Past laureates have espoused eugenics, opposed public school, joined the Nazi party and claimed that the Sept. 11 attacks were an inside job. But the majority of prizes have reflected sound discoveries (X-rays, quantum physics, penicillin) and respected leaders (Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela). Much has been made of Obama's seemingly premature win and the committee's vague reasoning for awarding him the honor (they said he promoted "international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"). Unfortunately, those seeking...
...That may sound like a persuasive argument to doubters. But in these nervous times, governments have become reluctant to commit to any measures that leave their budgets even more exposed. It may simply come down to how well Sarkozy can butter up his fellow leaders...
...ticket promises to shake up the status quo and bring real change. The other features an older gentleman from the South and a young woman from Alaska. Sound familiar? A combination of coincidental similarities and purposeful parody have resulted in some serious parallels between this year’s U.S. and UC campaigns. Charles T. James ’09-’10 and Max H. Y. Wong ’10 are focusing on bringing real change to Washing— Oh, sorry, we mean the UC. “You usually see the same thing: a ticket...
...Lear’s descent into madness, with waves of brass and timpani looming over twisting dissonances. Kravitz sang confidently, spanning large intervals with ease, and the orchestra maintained a sense of disturbed panic without drowning out the voice. The movement ended with an unexpected, troubled calm: the orchestral sound suddenly evaporated with a consonant but inconclusive chord of harmonics in the violins...
...Lear began to see more clearly (“Where am I? Fair daylight?”), the strings evoked the confused insight of the madman. When Lear pleaded to Cordelia, fleeting major chords appeared like glimmers of light, and then the movement ended with another uncertain evaporation of sound. Singer and orchestra performed the movement with the same subtlety and seriousness that characterized Weber’s piece from almost two centuries earlier...