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...Rafael Hernández Colon, 37, wrote a brilliant thesis as a law student in Puerto Rico, outlining the cultural, political and economic advantages of the island's commonwealth status. After serving as Secretary of Justice, President of the Senate and head of the Popular Democratic Party, Hernández in 1972 upset the incumbent and became the youngest Governor in Puerto Rican history. Today, with his old thesis for a platform, Hernández is concentrating on improving his island's troubled economy. To increase efficiency, the commonwealth is purchasing the telephone company, and to reduce high...
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Still, the real show may be behind the scenes. Any performance of Les Troyens is a miracle of calibration. In the pit, Conductor Rafael Kubelik uses everything but radar to maintain contact with seven assistant conductors. They are backstage with walkie-talkies to communicate with each other as they herd bands and choruses around the platforms, often walking in the opposite direction from the motion of the turntable. When film sequences start to roll, Kubelik's tempos must not vary by more than four seconds from performance to performance...
...first good news this year for Schuyler Chapin, general manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera. After recently accepting the resignation of Music Director Rafael Kubelik and trimming the length of future seasons, Chapin got some assistance last week on his worst problem: a multimillion-dollar operating deficit. The National Endowment for the Arts came through with a lifesaving transfusion of $1 million for general support, which must be matched by private contributions. This is the first time that the Met, the premier American grand opera house, has received a sizable federal grant, though public subsidies are routine...