Word: victors
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...Victor Jannett's Rigoletto was less satisfying and, as the central character of the opera, embodied the troubles of the production. His baritone was adequate, if not especially exciting, but it somehow lacked sheer force at crucial moments. Part of the problem lay in that his voice was drowned out every time the orchestra launched into the "curse" motif. And although he made a valiant effort to look appropriately anguished, his arm-waving and facial expression never quite succeeded in evoking the passions of the embittered hunchback...
Georgetown drew UNC-Charlotte in its first round game. The matchup features pure athleticism and the tournament's second-leading scorer, Victor Page, plus a lot of cool-sounding foreign names on the Georgetown roster. UNC-Charlotte, on the other hand, plays solid all-around defense and often lives or dies by its three-point shot. This should be one of the better 7-10 games...
Other Board members include: Rabbi Sally Finestone of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel; Dr. Cyrus Mehta; Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III of Trinity Church; Father George S. Salzmann, and Rev. Victor H. Kasanjian Jr., dean of religious life at Wellesley College...
...began launching trial balloons. The first was proposed on Itogi, the ponderous Sunday-night television program that is often believed to reflect the views of Yeltsin's chief of staff, Anatoli Chubais. Itogi reported that Kremlin insiders were discussing the idea of a constitutional amendment to allow Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin to serve as Acting President not simply for three months but for the almost four years left in Yeltsin's term. That might give the stodgy PM time to develop into a marketable candidate. A second idea floating around parliament would involve scrapping an interim general election and allowing...
...possible and reduce to an absolute minimum the political latitude of both parliament and his own ministers. Second, Yeltsin is profoundly jealous of anyone who tries to steal his limelight, and during his illness he has divided caretaker duties between presidential chief of staff Anatoli Chubais and Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin, two men whose approaches to politics and government are diametrically opposed. The result, as the President undoubtedly intended, is political stalemate. The third answer is that Russia has no time to lose; it is still stumbling along a rocky path to economic, constitutional and political reform, and it cannot...