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...rendition of Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” with true polish. The high quality of their performance possibly has to do with the fact that this piece truly brings out the strings and woodwinds—the BachSoc’s strongest sections.The highlight of the night, however, was the masterful performance of Albright, who won BachSoc’s concertio competition. As he swept through countless notes with flair, Albright stayed unassuming—which made it all the more refreshing. Bowed over the piano, his thin fingers gliding over...
...captain Samantha Parker finished sixth and seventh, while freshman Alexandra Sneider notched 11th. “All three of our women’s saber fencers were in the final,” Brand said. “A very strong showing by our three saberists, probably the strongest showing on the women’s side all together. It was a great effort.” The biggest surprises of the day came from the women’s foil, where sophomore standout Misha Goldfeder finished just 16th, while classmates Anna Podolsky and Arielle Pensler finished fifth and seventh...
...polls will almost certainly hand him five more years in power. Malaysia may be a democracy, but it is one in which the National Front has ruled uninterrupted since independence. The composition of electoral constituencies ensures that voters from the rural heartland, where support for the governing alliance is strongest, wield more power than citizens from urban areas, where opposition parties hold some sway. The weighted system explains why the National Front won 64% of the popular vote in 2004 yet managed to fill 90% of the seats in Parliament. In five decades, the country has had exactly five Prime...
...face of it, the Oxnard shooting is another tragic case of a gun-toting kid with inappropriate access to a deadly weapon. But this incident has implications beyond gun control laws (California’s are some of the nation’s strongest). The killer, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, murdered King not because he had access to a gun, but because King had declared his “abnormal” sexuality both explicitly and, allegedly, by dressing and acting in what was perceived to be an inappropriately feminine manner...
...would do the job ahead: "My number one job as President will be to keep the American people safe. I will do whatever is required to accomplish that. I will not hesitate to act against those that would do America harm. Now, that involves maintaining the strongest military on earth, which means that we are training our troops properly and equipping them properly, and putting them on proper rotations...