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Cochran performed in five of the night’s seven works, opening the show with “Patriot Act UP,” a dance that demands both a credible acting performance and impressive technical precision. Hook explains that “Patriot Act UP,” set to traditional American songs by Morton Gould and John Philip Sousa, was intended to be a political commentary questioning the package of patriotism. Cochran communicated the playful satire by producing props from her costume such as a lollipop, a toy flag, and a noisemaker as the tune suddenly changed...
Biden, who for years chaired the Senate Judiciary committee, went on at length about his authorship of the Violence Against Women Act and how the Court had ruled against him on a particular provision. Expect to see more of that tonight at the debates...
...Newt Gingrich, who became Speaker when the GOP won the House in 1994. "There are two or three Gingrich-type figures in the House, say Mike Pence or Jeb Hensarling, but they would come to the role reluctantly," Armey says. "Though, sometimes the conditions raise somebody, force them to act...
...early 1990s. But in recent years, he's become more of a moderate, elected to lead his conference on a platform of bipartisanship. As the top Republican on the Education and Workforce Committee, he worked with Democrats to pass No Child Left Behind and the Pension Protection Act...
...administrative chaos caused by the strike - TV shows may be forced into reruns, and when the strike is eventually resolved, actors' dates and travel schedules will have to rejigged, locations rebooked and thousands of workers and junior artists rehired. Barjatya also wants the workers to clean up their act: "They're forever showing up late because they've signed on to too many shows. Shouldn't they also be held up to some standard of professional behavior...