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...perfect example is John Byrd as the painter who captures Lulu's image on canvas, then marries her after the death of her first husband (who dies of a stroke before he is able to appear on stage). Byrd's voice is only mediocre, and he overacts terribly, stumbling around stage like a man who is about to kill himself...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Direction and Complexity Mar Lowell House Opera 'Lulu' | 4/27/1990 | See Source »

Unlike hiring more minority faculty, a process fraught with complications that will take years to accomplish, eliminating the legacy preference could be accomplished with the stroke of a pen, should the administration ever be pressured into doing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Another Reason to Protest | 4/24/1990 | See Source »

...semis also proved to be an easy Harvard victory as stroke Jon Bernstein brought the Crimson past the finish line at a leisurely 31 strokes-per-minute. In that race, the heavies jumped out to an uncharacteristic lead on the field...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: Heavyweight Oarsmen Easily Grab First in Potomac Regatta | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...growls the tough-talking boss of a tobacco firm. "Every day 2,000 Americans stop smoking. And another 1,100 also quit. Actually, technically, they die. That means that this business needs 3,000 fresh new volunteers every day. So forget about all of that cancer, heart disease, emphysema, stroke stuff! Gentlemen, we're not in this business for our health!" And with that, the businessmen erupt in gales of sinister laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Volunteer Vice Squad | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...monumental style by Pier Luigi Pizzi, flirted dangerously with catastrophe. At one point, for example, materials fell from the overhead flies, causing the corpse of Hector to bring one hand protectively to his face. But the magnitude of the evening's triumph should not be underestimated. At a single stroke, it has made the reputation of Chung, up until now probably best known as the younger brother of violinist Kyung-Wha Chung. Against all odds, he assembled a cast whose only prominent members were sopranos Grace Bumbry (Cassandra) and Shirley Verrett (Dido) and drew from it a sensitive reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: No More Business as Usual | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

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