Word: sta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...STA JETCOND...
...Rake-inspired by the famous series of Hogarth engravings-tells the story of Tom Rakewell (Tenor Gösta Winbergh), a naive but lustful country boy who falls under the spell of the Devil, Nick Shadow (Baritone Istvan Gati). Abandoning his sweetheart Anne Trulove (Soprano Cecilia Gasdia) for the fleshpots of London, Tom sinks ever deeper into degradation until he finally goes mad and is committed to Bedlam. In Russell's production, Tom sports a gold lame suit and a Sony Walkman. Baba the Turk, the bearded lady whom Tom marries, is a blind pop celebrity in a bright...
Such men stand out against a near wasteland of postwar French abstraction. Even the best talents involved in it, like Nicolas de Staël (1914-55), now look somewhat mannered and superficial; no wonder that the paintings of the New York School had such a traumatic impact on their aesthetic environment. Nothing could be tamer than the late-cubist scaffolding, the tidy compartmenting of the surface that provided the formal recipes of artists like Serge Poliakoff and Maurice Estève. Then there were the "religious" abstractionists, like Alfred Manessier, with their mock stained glass; and the gestural painters...
Alan Greenspan, a New York economic consultant and sometime adviser to the Reagan Administration, is the board's only gold advocate. He believes that the U.S. can and should reinstate the gold standard if the Government manages to curb rising prices and restore the dollar's sta bility. Says Greenspan: "Once inflation has been conquered, the discipline of the gold standard would surely reinforce anti-inflation policies and make it far more difficult to resume financial profligacy...
...lldin unexpectedly agreed to Social Democratic demands that a proposed 50% limit in taxes on income earned after wages be delayed until 1983. He also agreed to reduce by 50% the deductions that high-income property owners could claim for interest payments. The surprise deal angered Gösta Bohman, leader of the coalition's Moderate (Conservative) Party, who blasted the compromise as "a total capitulation." Said Bohman: "They didn't even telephone me once, and I'm the Finance Minister." After he stormed out of the government with seven other ministers, Fälldin was forced...