Word: rudolf
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...What happened was that the company we had before, Nesson, declared Chapter 11 just before we opened this fall,” said Rudolf Gautschi, HUDS director of residential dining. “We had to protect ourselves, so we made the switch...
...These cereals are so healthy that after a few bites your body starts to shiver,” joked Rudolf Gautschi, assistant director of residential dining...
...main event is the renowned Edinburgh International Festival, which was created in 1947 by Rudolf Bing, then general manager of Glyndebourne Opera and later general manager of New York City's Metropolitan Opera. Various royals and city fathers became involved, inviting groups to attend. But legend has it that eight groups came uninvited, booked their own halls and launched what has come to be known as the Festival Fringe--an eclectic gathering of street performers, experimental theater, stand-up comics, musicians and much more. "[The founders'] aim after the war was to bring the nations of the world together through...
...pianists both possess awesome technical mastery, but their approaches to the repertoire are quite different: Lang is a young Chinese Horowitz, pounding the keyboard with bravura intensity, whereas Li is a lucid interpreter with a poetic sensitivity, reminiscent of Artur Schnabel or Rudolf Serkin. After their respective debuts in America last year, the critics responded with the kind of ecstatic raves not seen in a long time. Richard Dyer, a critic at the Boston Globe, declared that Li "has the talent, the looks and the personal charisma to be a standard-bearer for a new generation." Following his recital...
...Rudolf Amenga-Etego is no stranger to conflict. As a college student in the early 1980s, Amenga-Etego protested Ghana's military rule; government officials threw him in prison and threatened to execute him. A sympathetic army captain helped him escape. These days he's fighting global institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The subject of his protests: water...