Word: splendid
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...journalist--what this mean to Liu and how little it changed his qualification as a Nieman Fellow. All that was required was for Liu's new publisher to release him to go to Cambridge. Liu's many friends feel that both he and Harvard have lost a splendid opportunity...
...been a grand season for American opera. First the New York City Opera and the Met produced Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men and Susannah, respectively, and now Menotti's The Consul--a tough, blunt cliff-hanger about political persecution--has finally made it to CD in a splendid live recording from last year's Spoleto Festival. The cast is solid; Richard Hickox's conducting, superb. Successfully premiered on Broadway in 1950 (yes, Broadway used to take such chances), The Consul is a little masterpiece of musical stagecraft whose grimly effective score and libretto haven't lost...
...misreads his young lunch date's interest, and within an hour he is mentally married to a woman he had previously hardly remembered. This would be the perfect antidote to his distressing solitude: "she could brighten my life, he thinks, and lighten my home, all those rooms with their splendid views that seem to have darkened," and he wonders about what redecoration schemes she will choose. She is engaged, however, and Dr. Zamora's visions crumble. In his ensuing despondent mood, he finally faces long-ignored memories of his unsavory past in real-estate. Unhappy...
...misreads his young lunch date's interest, and within an hour he is mentally married to a woman he had previously hardly remembered. This would be the perfect antidote to his distressing solitude: "she could brighten my life, he thinks, and lighten my home, all those rooms with their splendid views that seem to have darkened," and he wonders about what redecoration schemes she will choose. She is engaged, however, and Dr. Zamora's visions crumble. In his ensuing despondent mood, he finally faces long-ignored memories of his unsavory past in real-estate. Unhappy...
Stanfield Professor of International Peace Robert D. Putnam, who appointed Lawrence while he was dean of KSG, said he is proud to have recruited Lawrence, whom he calls "a splendid international economist and local colleague...