JoAnn Falletta, the orchestra's music director since 1999, spoke of the program as a study in Slavic musical mysticism, pre- and post-Soviet.
"Between us friends," Mr. Shawi said, speaking of the program's hosts and crew members, "we always talk about these things.
And while the school's alumni spoke of the program's distinguished history, some of Radcliffe's younger graduates, assistants all, had another topic in mind.
He spoke of the program he started that provides health insurance for low-income residents, and the education program that will give scholarships to students in failing schools so they can choose another.
Yet within government's proper sphere of action, he said Republicans have to be the "initiators of new ideas". He spoke of the program he started that provides health insurance for low-income residents, and the education program that will give scholarships to students in failing schools so they can choose another.
Most would speak of the highly classified program only on the condition of anonymity.
The American official, who would speak of the classified drone program only on the condition of anonymity, called Mr. Awan "a senior Al Qaeda external operations planner who was working on attacks against the West".
He went on to speak of "the labor of love" the program had been and to say that those who know me regard me as a modest person.
I think it important to speak of the principles on which the program is founded, not of all the administrative detail we in New Haven have found advantageous.
Others spoke of the scholars' program, designed for high achievers, saying that some of the students included in the program should not have been.
