19 Jul 2006
The Russians Are Coming: Kirov, Bolshoi to Compete in London
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=awZg7zp4Zs_A&refer=culture
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=awZg7zp4Zs_A&refer=culture
Warwick Thompson [Bloomberg.com, 19 July 2006]
July 19 (Bloomberg) -- ``A boot stamping on a human face -- forever,'' George Orwell wrote of totalitarian regimes. If you cheekily insert the word ``accidentally,'' the description might almost apply to the BBC Proms as well.