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Whether playing a finger-twisting show-stopper like Leopold Godowsky's Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes from Johann Strauss II's "Artist's Life," or kiddin' on the keys with Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm, or digging into one of the late Beethoven sonatas, Wild brings the same impeccable attention to structure and detail. "I spend a lot of time with these pieces," he says, "because if you don't know them thoroughly, you're just struggling like crazy to play the notes. But when you hear middle voices and the other details--when you have the tones in your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: THE LAST OF THE SHOWMEN | 12/4/1995 | See Source »

Speaking of Tracy, Harvard's stopper looked sharp in turning aside 27 shots against Princeton...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, | Title: Harvard's Philpott Of Gold | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

...real show-stopper, however, is Jessica S.Semerjian as Lisette, Magda's maid. She radiatescharm, alternating between comic verve andsilken-voiced seduction, and turns her soubretterole into the production's pivot...

Author: By John D. Shepherd, | Title: Dunster House Scales Puccini | 2/23/1995 | See Source »

...materials have found their way onto the computer networks, from secret spy codes to instructions for making long-range rocket bombs. As if to provoke the authorities, some college students have posted collections of electronic pamphlets that include Suicide Methods, an instruction manual for self-destruction, and The School Stopper's Textbook, which tells students how to blow up toilets, short-circuit electrical wiring and "break into your school at night and burn it down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CULTURE: Censoring Cyberspace | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

Finally, in the 43rd minute, a counter-attack caught Hartwick with its defensive shorts around its ankles: Kohler started a run from the midfield stripe, accepted a 50-yard pass from sophomore stopper John Vrion is and dashed past the offside trap to flash his finish past Doneit...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: M. Soccer Falls to Hartwick | 10/27/1994 | See Source »

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