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...Caribbean and southeast Asia, while seven of the England squad have roots in Britain's former colonies. But while the colonial era may explain the makeup of those national teams, more contemporary patterns of migration are at work in Sweden, whose strike force consists of the half-Cabo Verdian Henrik Larsson, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whose origins are Bosnian-Croat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Soccer Means to the World | 7/21/2004 | See Source »

...Caribbean and southeast Asia, while seven of the England squad have roots in Britain's former colonies. But while the colonial era may explain the makeup of those national teams, more contemporary patterns of migration are at work in Sweden, whose strike force consists of the half-Cabo Verdian Henrik Larsson, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whose origins are Bosnian-Croat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soccer's New Wars | 7/15/2004 | See Source »

Unlike other parts of the Boston area, Saint-Louis said Cambridge does not have a dominant non-English language. She said the Cambridge Health Alliance has interpreters for up to 30 languages, with the main ones being Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi, Haitian Creole, Gujarati, Bengali, Cape Verdian and French...

Author: By Kiratiana E. Freelon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Barrios Bill Would Mandate Interpreters in ER | 4/14/1999 | See Source »

...this hour of trial, many citizens blame the government of President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, elected when the republic declared independence from Moscow in 1991, for the economic collapse. Many agree with engineer Arthur Verdian that "a government whose people are starving does not have the moral right to rule." Others believe it is time to find a compromise over Nagorno-Karabakh. "We have to stop this war by any means," says Armen Arutunian, a doctor. "The world community should intervene. There already have been too many victims, so many losses." Antigovernment demonstrations are on the rise, but the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armenia: In the Icy Grip of Death | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

...takes his post-performance bows. Levine's tempos can be brisk to the point of hastiness, and in his enthusiasm for the music he often lets the sound of the orchestra overwhelm the singers, swamping them amid Wagnerian brass fortissimos or with the urgent sweep of passionate Verdian strings. Even the Met orchestra musicians, who are generally enthusiastic about their conductor, complain. Sometimes after a performance they leave informal, anonymous critiques: "Too loud, Maestro." "Much too slow." "Much too fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Maestro of the Met: James Levine is the most powerful opera conductor in America | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

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