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The start of the Gloria was more ceremonial than alarming. The opening orchestral jolts were not delivered with the expected energy. However, the first entry of the full chorus projected so much power that I was “electrified.” In the Laudamus Te, Shafer demonstrated that he could do anything with this huge body of voices. The [...]

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Immigrants Rally in Scores of Cities for Legal Status - New York Times
Talk of the marches has been burning up the airwaves on talk radio and cable news networks and has appeared in Internet blogs and conservative publications. Rich Lowry, the editor of National Review, described the protests with marchers carrying foreign flags as “ominous” [...]

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