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...Aryan Nations gathering). And he has been a voluntary prisoner before; last November, Furrow tried to commit himself to a psychiatric hospital in a Seattle suburb, but couldn?t go through with it; he wound up pulling a knife on staffers. Also that he had something bigger in mind. Furrow?s red van, purchased Saturday, was filled with ammunition, bulletproof vests, explosives and freeze-dried food. Asked about that, L.A. police Chief Bernard Parks let down his guard a bit. "We are pleased," he told reporters, "that he did not carry out a more spectacular plan." Or insist...
...Center in a 2,700-seat house whose stage is identical in size to that of Glimmerglass's 900-seat Alice Busch Opera Theater. This makes it possible for productions to be opened and polished in Cooperstown, then moved to New York City, where they can be seen by bigger audiences (and telecast over PBS). The two companies also share an ensemble of theatrically savvy young American singers, foremost among them soprano Lauren Flanigan, whose Olivier-like immersion in her roles has won her a well-deserved reputation as the thinking person's diva. Flanigan sings two sharply contrasting parts...
...When it comes to the study of 18th-century music, you can't have a bigger find," said Mason Professor of Music Christoph J. Wolff, a Bach scholar whose queries eventually brought the documents to the surface. "Particularly as pertains to the Bach family, it's absolutely crucial...
...incremental boost from the Internet. In the second quarter, reported last Thursday, its income jumped 28%, and the company forecast "a significant increase" in this holiday season's e-commerce. Last year UPS delivered 3 billion packages in 200 countries, earning $1.7 billion on sales of $24.8 billion--way bigger numbers than FedEx's. And there's no place in the U.S. that UPS doesn't go. If e-commerce grows 30% a year, as some predict, the impact on earnings will be dramatic...
Broadcasting out of Pennypacker Hall's basement at 6,000 watts, it is still unlikely that WHRB will be able to reach out to as large an audience as bigger stations could...