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Rodents hit Xinjiang
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More than 4.67 million hectares of grassland in Northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been damaged by rodents so far
this year, officials said.
Some 33,000 hectares were completely destroyed, mainly by the
great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus). Some areas contained 790 rodent
holes per hectare.
"It has been the most severe rodent disaster since 1993," said
Xiong Ling, an official with the Xinjiang Headquarters for
Controlling Locusts and Rodents.
Prior to the 1990s, rodent scourges broke out every four to five
years.
An extensive eruption happened in 1990 in the Altay region. The ...
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Two Royal Ballets, one real hit
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...reminded that there are two Royal Ballet companies. And briefly...of Birmingham Royal Ballet armed with a brand...opened with three short ballets all set to popular music...at least two previous ballets, but this did not deter...part this amalgam of ballet, jazz dance and ...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Wells
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion
; Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Wells Solitaire was...work in Birmingham Royal Ballets Triple Bill at Sadler...premiered by Sadler's Wells Ballet in the Theatre des Champs...most successful fulllength ballets and has choreography which...
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John Amis takes a trip to the Royal Ballet
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion
; ...Saturday, 2 February, to a Royal Ballet performance in Covent...exciting, an extension of the ballet language. What that language...performances both. The third ballet was Stravinsky's Rite of...probably the most numerous in any ballet, do wonders and at the end...return to the post of the ...
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Britain's Royal Ballet Returns Stateside for Tour
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...helped it to survive. Britain's Royal Ballet, after headlines from Melinda...Audiences were small during the Royal Ballet's early years, but, by the...says she wanted to dance for the Royal Ballet ever since she was a little girl...
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ROYAL BALLET DIRECTOR DANCES INTO HISTORY `SWAN LAKE' IS FINAL BOW FOR DOWELL IN BOSTON
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...outgoing director of London's Royal Ballet, has been with the company...Theater. He became director of the Royal Ballet in 1986. Dowell will leave in...British choreographer and then Royal Ballet director Frederick Ashton chose...
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Royal Ballet chief quits after threat of revolt by dancers
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; THE HEAD of the Royal Ballet has quit suddenly a year after taking...in effect, cocked a snook at the Royal Ballet. The statement said: "Even though...analysis by The Independent of the Royal Ballet's summer season showed that, out...
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The Royal's new reign: at today's Royal Ballet, English tradition meets international glamour.
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine
; ...down. Britain's 75-year-old Royal Ballet is no exception. From its founding...dancers who had established The Royal Ballet's international standing had either left or retired, and The Royal Ballet School was not producing the quality...
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The Royal Ballet - what's the big idea?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Ashton's death in 1988, the Royal Ballet had slipped into decline...the intricacies of Ashton's ballets; who can be entrusted with...American director of the Frankfurt Ballet - as the most dangerous Euro...is not the answer to the Royal's search for new choreography...
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Leaping wizards of Oz; Australians now occupy the top jobs at the Royal Ballet. Luke Jennings looks at the rise of 'the Kangaroo Mafia'.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...says Ross Stretton, the Royal Ballet's new boss. "But the fact...ahead. The former Australian Ballet director takes over a company...essentially conservative programme of ballets for the 2001-2 season (Don...previous connection to the Royal Ballet, and the first fortnight of...
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Leaping wizards of Oz Australians now occupy the top jobs at the Royal Ballet. Luke Jennings looks at the rise of 'the Kangaroo Mafia'
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; ...says Ross Stretton, the Royal Ballet's new boss. "But the fact...ahead. The former Australian Ballet director takes over a company...essentially conservative programme of ballets for the 2001-2 season (Don...previous connection to the Royal Ballet, and the first fortnight of...
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