Word: talese
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Behind the scenes, however, Battle often lives up to her martial surname. Divas are expected to be difficult; opera lore is rife with tales of their devouring egos and overweening eccentricities -- not to mention the outrageous quirks of arrogant male singers, especially tenors. But Battle is, according to many who...
Regardless of the results, the Harding-Kerrigan showdown will make for a great program. This operatic confrontation between good and evil is the stuff that fairy tales are made of.
But now those same people are cuddling up in front of the TV to watch, teary-eyed, as Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney finally embrace, or to see miniseries like "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City." a romantic tribute to 1970s San Francisco.
Though I am a San Francisco boy, I didn't want to see "Tales of the City," and I don't want to see a revival of the 1970s. Nostalgic as I may be for the pair of "Mork from Ork" rainbow suspenders I used to wear, I don't...
Phase 3 begins with a leisurely ride through town. On the way you regale your date with tales of famous Worcester personalities such as Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man and fought in the Revolutionary War (wicked cool); Abbie Hoffman, founder of the Youth International Party of the...