Word: wunder
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...rise of Peter Knight is an arc defined by Gore. Shortly after directing Gore's failed 1988 presidential bid, Knight decided to try his luck at the influence game. Thanks to an old friend and fellow Cornell alumnus, Ken Levine, he landed in 1991 at the Washington firm Wunder, Diefenderfer, Cannon & Thelen. Several partners in the firm, recognizing that Knight's tie to Gore had potential, kicked in about $7,000 each of their own money, in addition to what the firm was offering, to help bring Knight in. Until mid-1992, though, Knight was "negative" at the firm...
TITLE: DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE...
Today, however, he is best remembered as a composer of colorful, sweeping Hollywood film scores such as Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood. What happened? A new recording of the 1927 opera that Korngold always considered his masterpiece, Das Wunder der Heliane (The Miracle of Heliane), offers some clues...