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… THE MAN AND THE MUSIC THAT TOUCHED A CENTURY BYKIRWIEThERS he 15 string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich are as far from light music as it is possible to get. In terms of expressive extremes and emotional intensity, there is no compa- rable body of work in any repertoire. Shostakovich's career spanned most of the 20th century, until his death in 1975 at the age of 69. He composed under every Soviet regime starting from the post-Revo- lutionar...…

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…The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc - Thursday, January 20, 1994 - 3 0v Hits keep on coming Mini-disc player expensive toy By TOM ERLEWINE Recently, I was given a Sony Mini-Disc player to experiment with for a week, to take on a test drive. The University was part of Sony's target audience in an attempt to spread the word of the Mini-Disc. Big-Ten schools were chosen to be the core of Sony's fall marketing campaign because we, as college student...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday, January 20, 1994 Classical music made easy By KIRK WETTERS Buying classical CDs is always confusing, especially considering the plethora of recordings available and the prevalence of confusing hype and preconceptions. As an antidote to these difficulties, here is a survey of some of the best mainstream classical recordings of 1993. 1993 was a good year for classical recordings in general, but...…

…The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday, January 20, 1994 - 5 'Dogflight' matches Phoenix with Taylor, roughness with sincerity By JOHANNA FLIES "Dogfight" is not a typical love story. Not by Hollywood's terms any- way: the woman is not beautiful, the man does not ride a white stallion, the vorld is not a utopia. It is this separa- tion from the typical, however, that makes this film so satisfying, so beau- tiful and so perfect that d...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday, January 20, 1994 0 ut e to Liberate! Remembrance, Reality and Redirection 0o 5 : I …

…The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday. October 7, 1993 - 7 F I L M S 0 P E N I N G: INTERsECTON Sharon Stone, Richard Gere and Lolita Davidovitch star in a film confronting the difficulties of extramarital affairs. Who cares - is there an ice pick in it or what?. At Briarwood: 12:15, 2:20, 4:30, 7:15, and 9:30; at Showcase: 12:15, 2:30, 4:40, 7:35, 9:45, 11:50. IN THE NAME oF THE FATHER The Son and Holy Ghost couldn't make it, so they...…

…8 - The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday, January 20, 1994 The story of '80s nostalgia: a comeback or a farce? By KRISTEN KNUDSEN While the '70s generation revels in disco nostalgia, and while the Vil- lage People enjoy another 15 min- utes, the'80s era tries to make its own comeback. Luke and Laura return to TV;'80s music plays at parties and dance clubs; compilation albums like "Totally '80s" (each containing 10 songs plus "Jessie's...…

…Watch that frisbee! Hide your hacky sack! You never know what may be illegal under the University administration's latest oppressive version of its Diag policy. You were probably expecting Madonna's latest film "Body of Evidence" to be a cinematic triumph. Surprisingly enough, it falls short. Read the review of the Material Girl's latest effort. The Michigan men's basketball team returns to Big Ten action tonight when the Wolverines travel t...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, January 20,1993 PROTEST Continued from page 1 Action and Planned Parenthood of Mid-Michigan. LSA senior Beverly Aist, a member of Pro-Choice Action, said she feels the anniversary needs to be recognized as a celebration. "Our focus is on the good things Roe vs. Wade brought out. (Our activities) are positive events," she said. Pro-Choice Action is organizing events such as the Pro-Choice Cof- feehouse and...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 20, 1993 - Page 3 f 4 t 4 Council votes down , boycott of Colorado 'U' asks MSA for student .* by Christine Young Daily City Reporter A resolution calling for a boycott of Colorado - to punish the state for its failure to support anti-dis- crimination legislation against les- bians, gay males and bisexuals - failed by a vote of 5-4 in favor at last night's City Council meeting. A resolution must ...…

…Page 4- The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, January 20, 1993 Editor in Chief r- Y / P/IL, I I-lAT o b'URS-r 77-AT'S MorAL.-o wED..Q W~OULD You CARE To sE= 8ATT LE RVYAIl- !i t i t y . , . ( r" ,, ,< ,, o . , ,,., - ' 4J \\ 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 764-0552 MATTHEW D. RENNIE Opinion Editors YAEL CITRO GEOFFREY EARLE AMITAVA MAZUMDAR Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan Unsigned editorials repr...…

… ARTS Poet Raptosh keeps it in the family by Darcy Lockman Diane Raptosh's dedication of her firstbook ofpoems"JustWestofNow" to her family is especially appropriate considering that much of the poetry rings familial. The book isaprovoking delve into Raptosh's own past, replete with uncannily familiar images and emotion. "My focus on family is a question of housekeeping," said Raptosh, whose family life based itself upon a close- ness bespe...…

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…Men's Basketball Women's Basketball at Minnesota at Ohio State Tonight, 8 p.m. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Minneapolis Columbus SThe Michigan Dy Wednesday, J 20,1993 Page 8 *FULL COU RT PRESS Women cagers are missing some things by Rich Mitvalsky Daily Basketball Writer Almost a quarter of the way through the Big Ten season, and the Michigan women's basketball team is still searching for its first conference win. The Wolverines still understand that it...…