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Eaton's meticulous planning extends even to the opera's rhythmic structure, with each character assigned his or her own basic tempo. Act II, for example, closes with a stirring, cacophonous ensemble of clashing rhythms and timbres as all the major characters sing simultaneously and Prospero exults, "My high charms work!/ and these, mine enemies, are all knit up/ in their distractions. They are in my power." What Eaton has done is not merely to set Porter's concise, three-act libretto, but to retell it in musical terms, creating a cognate of Shakespeare's play. It is a formidable...
...device, and by the end of 1976 they had disappeared from auto showrooms. Now the Ford Motor Co. is trying an American air-bag comeback. Last week the carmaker said it will carry driver-side air bags as an $815 extra on four-door models of the 1986 Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz...
...Singer Adam Olenius broadcasts his influences with his vocal cords (the Cure's Robert Smith and U2's Bono), but his swing from nonchalant weariness to faint glimmer of hope on this up-tempo heartbreak tune is so winning it almost sounds...
...tally immediately derailed UNH’s comeback push and allowed the Crimson to reestablish its preferred tempo after losing control of play on the Wildcats’ previous 5-on-4. And though Harvard could not add to its lead, the Crimson certainly seemed to be solidifying its advantage in the way of momentum, repeatedly frustrating the UNH offense with solid goaltending from Grumet-Morris—who recorded 43 saves on the evening to Regan’s 39—and a multitude of textbook blocked shots that thwarted otherwise golden opportunities, most notably the Wildcats?...
...tally immediately derailed UNH’s comeback push and allowed the Crimson to reestablish its preferred tempo after losing control of play on the Wildcats’ previous 5-on-4. And though Harvard could not further add to the lead, the Crimson certainly seemed to be solidifying its advantage in the way of momentum, repeatedly frustrating the UNH offense with solid goaltending from Grumet-Morris—who recorded 43 saves on the evening to Regan’s 39—and a multitude of textbook blocked shots that thwarted otherwise golden opportunities, most notably the Wildcats?...