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...After years of letting the group set their tones and rhythms, the remaining bachelors find their loneliness difficult. And without the calming core with which music provided their lives, they are restive. The appearance of Edoardo Morelli (Pierre Malet) is an unspoken prayer's answer. He is a superb musician. He is a handsome and energizing presence on the stage and in their lives. He can find women, pot or a high-stakes poker game wherever they go. He reminds them all of their lost youths and awakens their unused parental instincts at the moment when most people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Music for High-Strung Instruments | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

Justiz told the 100-member audience in Longfellow Hall that Harvard is a "superb" location for the research center, because of "its reputation and tradition that few institutions on earth can match...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick, | Title: Disputed Technology Center Holds Conference; Ed School Contract Under Federal Review | 2/9/1984 | See Source »

unusual paintings by well-known artists, or superb "mainstream" humanist works, like Giovanni Cariani's Portrait of Giovan Antonio Caravaggi, by artists less familiar to the general viewer. It digs up paintings from unexpected sources. Who would have imagined that Tintoretto's The Washing of Feet, a masterpiece of large-scale spontaneity, would appear from a church in, of all places, England's New-castle-upon-Tyne, where it was long assumed to be a copy? Best of all, one sees the art in depth and in context: a full room of Lotto, another of Bassano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Legacy of La Serenissima | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

...relaxed and tense positions, humorous and serious approaches to the ballet. The entire dance continued with this anti-traditional attitude and always seemed to have a surprise in store for the audience. In fact, three-quarters of the time, the audience either was laughing or snickering. Danilo Radojevic was superb in his characterization of the male lead. He acted and danced, poked fun and tried to be serious without displaying any conscious effort or strain. In past years, Mikhail Baryshnikov has danced this part, but Radojevic added his own spunk and cleverness that equally compare to Baryshnikov's dazzling reputation...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Comme Ci, Comme Ca | 2/3/1984 | See Source »

...work has been superb, and that's the only reason we gave her tenure," says James C. Wang, chairman of the Biochemistry Department...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Nancy Kleckner | 2/3/1984 | See Source »

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