Word: poland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Yossele Solovey," an opera based on the novel by Sholem Aleichem "The Nightingale," tells the story of the rise and fall of a wunderkind cantor in 19th century Poland. Music composed by young-looking math Professor Noam Elkies, commonly spotted working out at the MAC. Lowell House Dining Hall, 10 Holyoke Place. 8 p.m. Tickets $25 for opening night, $10 regular and $6 for students for all remaining performances...
...Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have been in NATO 8,640 minutes...
When Yussele becomes famous all over northeast Poland, he is pursued by and succumbs to the advances of a rich widow...
...difficult to read The River Midnight (Scribner; 414 pages; $25), Lilian Nattel's genealogical fantasy of Jewish village life in 19th century Poland, without being reminded of Marc Chagall's romantic paintings: a couple floating over a small town; a midwife holding a newborn; and, of course, the famous green-faced fiddler hovering on a rooftop like a Macy's parade balloon...
...addition to his work in Poland, Sachs has also advised Latin American governments, including those in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Ecuador...