Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quality that appealed to the Philharmonic's search committee, which for the first time also included some of the orchestra's musicians. "He had an institutional commitment to the Gewandhaus that he was prepared to bring to New York," said orchestra chairman Stephen Stamas. Translation: Masur, whose five-year contract begins with the 1992-93 season -- the Philharmonic's 150th anniversary -- is no glamorous international jet-setter but a solid and sober musician who will give the Philharmonic some badly needed attention and stability...
...said Donahue, who is a professor of sociology at LaRoche College in Pittsburgh. Donahue, who was a consultant to President Bush's campaign two years ago, added that the whole debate is "silly" and recommended both sides merely sign a contract prohibiting them from editing the tape...
Silber was furious and ordered subordinates to notify Abramowitz that his housing contract would be terminated. The threat of expulsion from university housing was enough to bring the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (CLUM) into the fray...
...they all say, though everybody knows there isn't a pit bull alive that can drag a conductor off the stage. In any case, true success nowadays means more than the ability to produce a memorable performance. It means winning the directorship of a major ensemble, a substantial recording contract, the admiration of players, the acclaim of critics and audiences...
Henry, filmed documentary-style, gets its power from no-frills naturalism. The Cook, by contrast, is all artifice: splendid, meticulous, extravagant. One expects no less from the British writer-director Peter Greenaway, who with The Draughtsman's Contract and A Zed and Two Noughts revealed his gifts as a creator of murals on the subject of ruthless gamesmanship. His stories are hot, his style cool. His new film is the tale of a vicious crook (Michael Gambon) who dines nightly at a posh restaurant with his gang and his luscious, abused wife (Helen Mirren). Her pleasures are furtive but sweet...