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...donna, due uomini.” Italian for “one woman, two men,” this timeless dramatic formula of the calamitous, star-crossed love-triangle has inspired almost every classic opera in the grand tradition??from “Manon Lescaut” and “Eugene Onegin” to “Carmen” and “Tosca.” But its tradition dates back to the early 17th century, when Francesco Cavalli composed “L’Ormindo,” one of the earliest...
...voters saw it differently. They remembered that greyhound racing has been controversial since it first took place in Massachusetts in 1935—one reason why attendance numbers have been falling for the last few decades. By contrast, they saw compassion to animals as a more enduring tradition??the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which spearheaded the Proposition, was founded in 1868. In favoring this legacy, voters continued a tradition that dates back to 1641, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed what was likely the first animal protection law in the world: a code requiring...
...school growing up, my buddies and I knew all the guys on the Harvard varsity eight, because they were winning and sweeping everything.”His passion for the program remains strong to this day. Along with the proudly displayed shirts of defeated opponents—a rowing tradition??adorning his walls, Schreck has decorated his dorm with another nice touch. “I have more pictures of [Harvard coach Harry Parker] in my room than I do of my girlfriend,” Schreck revealed.Such a devotion to the team took some time to develop...
...past week we’ve learned that despite officially renouncing her status as a Pentecostal Christian, Palin retains that tradition??s fervor for proselytizing. In the Chicago Tribune, Palin’s own pastor envisaged the political bearing her faith might have on the United States, saying, “I believe Sarah would not live in a fragmented world,” and adding that her worldview, “that really only the Bible and the relationship with Jesus opens up,” could not simply be ‘marginalized?...
...Lacville ’79” has done more to convince me that the huge body of Southern rap devoted to rides and rims is not a sign of unoriginality, but that it is genuinely rooted in a culture—and therefore a musical tradition??that absolutely worships cars. This track empowers and enriches the rest of the album—to the point that the unimaginative closer “Put Him on the Scope” sounds a lot better than it actually is. A closer look at songs like “Scope?...