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...Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor alike seemed to rejoice in the relaxed, waltz-like pace of the gargantuan Scherzo. The introduction of bells and intricate spiccato/pizzicato sections augmented the diversity of texture in the third movement, whose screaming finale prompted Gatti to take a handkerchief from his packet and wipe his cheek before proceeding into the final two movements of Mahler's fifth symphony...

Author: By Andrea H. Kurtz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Devil Inside Mr. Gatti: How to Make an Audience Faint | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...course, such a powerful rally does not wipe out Asian economic woes at a stroke. "Nobody's out of the woods just yet," Kadlec adds. "There are fundamental problems in the Asian economies that haven't gone away, and that are not going anywhere." Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's Beijing-appointed chief executive, still intends to protect the former colony's currency peg of around eight HK dollars to the U.S. dollar ? and he's got $85 billion in gold reserves with which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of the Bull Dragon | 10/29/1997 | See Source »

...recipient, the process begins with massive doses of chemotherapy or radiation, or both, to wipe out the disease. But that treatment kills the patient's bone-marrow cells as well. Without this spongy tissue at the core of many larger bones, a person cannot live. Marrow contains the precious stem cells that produce all the body's 30,000 trillion red blood cells, many of its infection-fighting white cells and the platelets that are essential for clotting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEYOND THE CALL | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

Princess Diana's death has refocused attention on her efforts to wipe out anti-personnel land mines. Last week Pentagon officials lamented that her demise could make it harder to keep a tiny but key portion of the U.S. mine arsenal. While most of the Pentagon grudgingly acceded to President Clinton's broader proposed ban on such mines, the elite Army GREEN BERETS and Navy SEALS are voicing private concerns that the accord the White House wants could strip a lifesaving weapon from their webbed belts. It is the aptly named "pursuit denial munition," a grenade-size explosive that when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PENTAGON: THE MILITARY FRETS OVER A POTENTIAL MINE DISASTER | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...have begun virtually to wipe out sharks and other fish, imagine how endangered our own natural environment must be." SCOTT DE SAVOYE Vancouver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 1, 1997 | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

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