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...Robert, Phillips has the task of being the central character throughout the play, but also the one with the fewest quirky and distinctive characteristics. He does an excellent job of holding attention amidst the more outlandish antics of his friends without detracting from their stories...
...contrast, shows an almost infinite grid of houses and streets punctuated by a large, verdant oasis that rises above the flat expanse of development. Together, the photographs draw attention to the disheartening reality that the environment within the land preserve—now viewed as a rarity amidst suburban sprawl—once constituted the entire landscape. What is so effective about these and MacLean’s other images is that they display an action and its consequences from the distance of a plane and a camera lens—just far enough to encompass a vision that...
...Regensburg University—on “Faith and Reason”—that enraged the Muslim world, Pope Benedict XVI landed in Ankara yesterday for an equally controversial trip to the largest Muslim “democracy” in the world, Turkey. Set amidst the threats against the Pope’s life and protests in Istanbul 20,000 strong, we must see this trip for what it is: a courageous act of faith that aims to rebuild both political and religious bridges with Islam...
...move to a new endowment structure comes amidst a one-billion-pound capital campaign initiated by Richard, who is British...
...same even holds true for BMW dealers, who amidst the oil boom of recent years have seen sales of their luxury autos (which can cost $100,000 in Venezuela) jump an annual 30%. Welcoming clients to a party at a swank Caracas restaurant, local marketing manager Andres Haiek admits that BMW's and Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution look compatible - "so far," he cautiously adds...