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...larger-than-life world of opera but not so hysterical or overly mopey that it is annoying. Her only noticable slip-up came at the very end of her death scene, in which she fell rather unceremoniously into the arms of Alfredo rather than using the more dramatic death-swoon that is needed for depressingly tragic high Romantic opera. But by that time the audience was so enamored with her and with the self-sacrificing Violetta she brought to life that she was immediately greeted with a lengthy standing ovation (one can assume that a less blue-blooded Back...
...with its toe-tapping tunes and playful pas de deux between the 10 male and female performers. The costumes and make-shift veranda almost seemed lifted from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, as the stunning starlettes shimmied amongst the debonnaire gents in brazen precocity. One was almost tempted to swoon vicariously through the dancers as they linked arms and flirtatiously strode side-by side to the lyrics of "Embracable You" and "That Certain Feeling." Levy's piece, although set to classic show tunes, was far from a run-of-the-mill combo of mechanical jazz choreography. On the contrary...
Young fans will no doubt swoon, but some parents, like Ted Fishman of Chicago, are a bit alarmed by the merchandising mania. His 10-year-old daughter Elly has already circled half the inventory in the latest catalog for her holiday wish list. "These dolls are supposed to represent wholesomeness and frugality," he notes wryly. But slave girl Addy's ironstone compote set ($50) "costs more than a real set would." In that way, at least, these dolls are thoroughly modern...
...seems illogical that a group of money sharps acting half a world away could have any effect on the seemingly bulletproof U.S. economy. But the stock market's swoon--the Dow industrial index was off some 450 points in the past two weeks--is directly linked to the deepening trouble in Asia, which represents only 30% of American exports but about 100% of American worries. Cheaper Asian goods, made possible by currency devaluations, have caused the U.S. trade deficit to balloon: America is buying more from the Pacific rim and selling less. While that's good for companies like...
...healthy 2% to 3% expansion rate for the rest of the year. The employment picture also looks bright. The Labor Department reported last week that the jobless rate held steady at 4.5% in July despite a strike at General Motors that forced factory shutdowns. And even with the summer swoon, the Dow closed last week at 8,598, up almost 9% for the year...