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...intermission. "I think only 10% of the audience are true music lovers," said a man surnamed Song, an amateur vocalist who hovered around the theater in freezing temperatures hoping to find a cheap ticket from the scalpers. "People think going to Western operas and classical-music concerts is a sign of a certain social status, and the National Grand Theater is also a novelty to them. I doubt many of them really understand opera...
...aside for government officials. "I think only 10% of the audience are true music lovers," said a man surnamed Song, who hovered around the theatre in freezing temperatures hoping to find a cheap ticket from the scalpers. "People think going to western operas and classical music concerts is a sign of a certain social status, and the National Grand Theatre is also a novelty to them. I doubt many of them really understand opera...
...time. All those things, but they do it. The bottom line is, we've gotten great support right from the beginning, and from very unusual partners. That was really good and it helps us move the agenda forward. When big companies like that [Pacific Gas and Electric] sign on to it and say we endorse this, then other companies are going to look at this list of endorsements and follow...
...Iraqi Kurdish leaders say that Turkey's unwillingness to open peace talks with the PKK, and its adherence to failed military policies, is a sign that Turkey is using the PKK as excuse to threaten Iraq's Kurds - and to scare them from even thinking about declaring an independent state. Whatever Turkey's intentions, the latest Turkish operation has reminded the Kurds of Iraq just how much their newfound safety and autonomy depends on American protection...
...demands and agreed to a limited incursion. The fact that Turkey was ready to risk alienating its American ally for an operation with little chance of strategic success is a testament to the uproar by the Turkish public for action against the PKK. But it is also a troubling sign of the role that Turkey will play in Iraq as American power recedes...