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...discomfort with auditions, Benjamin believes, was caused by a sense that he had to accomplish too much in too little time. "First," he says, "I had to make people believe that I'm not Andre 3000. Then I had to make people believe that I am this character. It created a lot of nervous tension." Perhaps, but Benjamin happily allowed his agents to use his renown to get auditions, so he could hardly take offense at the parts he was reading for ("Andre 3000 knock-offs, basically") or the burden of being seen as just another rapper...
...outsider who left China too early and lived in the States too long. But I’d like to think that what I see happening in Beijing can happen for the rest of China too. Unfortunately, that’s something that will take longer than 2008 to accomplish. I’ll keep my fingers crossed...
...much a mental war as it is a physical war and this project is truly an emotional aspect of medicine,” Jernegan said. “For me to have the opportunity to see this level of expertise and what they’re trying to accomplish is comforting...
...China's main focus Taiwan? Yes. An ultimate reunification with Taiwan, which Beijing sees as a renegade province, is the driving force for China's military modernization. Still, China "does not yet possess the military capability to accomplish with confidence its political objectives on the island, particularly when confronted with outside intervention," the report says...
Four weeks of training, nine plane tickets, and nine crimson blazers—all for just three brief strokes that only gave a glimpse of what the rowers hoped to accomplish. The Harvard varsity lightweights’ lengthy stay at the Henley Royal Regatta was predetermined by flight reservations, but the Crimson’s tenure on the water proved ephemeral at best...