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...heard? Onstage, the strapping young Italian tenor singing opposite Joan Sutherland in The Daughter of the Regiment had just trumpeted a ringing high C, then another, and another. He was singing an aria that most tenors transpose down a step, in order to get by on B-flats (tough enough). But this fellow tossed off every high C in the aria with astonishing ease and brilliance - nine in all. The effect was electrifying. Within a day the Met box office was besieged, and Manhattan's media mills swung into action...
Giuliani and the Republicans keep trying to convince us that only they are tough enough to fight terrorists and keep us safe. I seem to recall that on 9/11 the terrorists boarded planes in a state that had a Republican Governor and did their worst damage in a city that had a Republican mayor and a state that had a Republican Governor--all while a Republican was in the White House...
...world and the world to the U.S. by joining kids in the joy of music and dance. D'Amboise has long contributed to children in the U.S. through the National Dance Institute (NDI), which brings the enchantments of dance to public-school kids, often in tough neighborhoods. This year NDI featured Potou, a Senegalese village, in its yearlong program. Thousands of New York City schoolkids studied and talked about African villages like Potou; they danced and raised funds to help them. Thanks to their efforts, Potou's villagers will have better health care, a bigger food harvest and midday school...
...recent years this academic faith has faltered, largely because of the realization that it's tough for the pros to do what it takes to keep markets rational. That's partly because they're human and thus subject to the same decision-making quirks as amateur investors. But the crucial limitation is that the professionals are mostly playing with other people's money. If they go against the crowd, they risk having that money taken away from them before their bets have time...
Last year, it took a tough overtime comeback for New Hampshire to end Harvard’s four-game series winning streak. The Crimson (1-1) reclaimed the series against the Wildcats (2-2) last night in a 3-2 decision with an explosive second half. Neither team had a goal on the scoresheet when the first-half whistle sounded at Jordan Field last night, but the short halftime break sparked an offensive surge in both teams. Just minutes into second period, the Crimson tallied its first score of the season, with captain Devon Shapiro assisting on a goal...