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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...modern form since the late nineteenth century, so only a limited supply of old music is available. Some masters, like Handel and Mozart, have composed music for a more primitive version of the harp, but Benet explains that repertoire can be a problem because "a lot of composers write their token harp concerto and that...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingson, | Title: Hooked on Classics | 11/9/1984 | See Source »

Mondale: You're right there, Ron. I'm surprised Gus Hall didn't get more write-in votes. I mean, you II have to admit there're still some left-wing sentiments among liberal university students and sixties radicals who haven't completely sold...

Author: By Charles C. Matthews, | Title: Strange Bedfellows | 11/9/1984 | See Source »

...punch-in ballot and the complications of the write-in campaign are responsible for the problem, said Nancy A. Clover, Albano's legal observer for precinct...

Author: By Nicholas P. Caron, | Title: Irregular Ballot Tabulation Keeps Medford in Suspense | 11/8/1984 | See Source »

...bitter campaign for the Somerville state senate seat between Rep. Vincent J. Piro (D-Somerville) and write-in candidate Salvatore Albano came to a stormy head yesterday when the city's community access television station broadcast a reading of Piro's corruption trial transcripts...

Author: By Nicholas P. Caron, | Title: Piro Mistrial Tapes Aired on Somerville TV | 11/6/1984 | See Source »

Despite Miss Manners' spartan dedication, it seems hard to believe that the perplexed readers who write her 10,000 letters a year are really inspired by either idealism or altruism. Yuppies, in particular, are pragmatic people who expect a dollar's value for a dollar spent. Such expectations apply to etiquette guides too. As Marjabelle Stewart puts it, "In today's competitive society, manners are a matter of survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Minding Our Manners Again | 11/5/1984 | See Source »

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