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...Plenty of other scenarios could emerge. Chung and other rising political stars like Park Geun Hye, daughter of former autocrat Park Chung Hee might engineer a new party to fight the election. If South Korea's Prince Charming does enter the fray, the outsider aura he's enjoying now could burn off. And, as one MDP insider and Chung skeptic puts it: "The Korean public can distinguish between sports and politics." But stretching out in his seat on the plane to Cheju, Chung already sounds like he's on the stump, talking about improving standards of living, tackling what...
...down, looking tired and confused. He scrunches up his face and occasionally emits a grunt. Every move he makes is closely watched by his disciples, wide-eyed men and women who flock to the courtroom because it's the only chance they have to bask in the aura of the man they still consider their spiritual father. "It was always hard to tell what he was thinking," says one of them, Hiroshi Araki, trying to explain Asahara's puzzling demeanor. "He never did what you expected...
...lined with panoramic prints of Kahn and Selesnick’s reveries, most measuring 8 inches by 30 inches. A large-camera photograph takes the original images, which are digitally manipulated and combined for ink-jet printing on archival paper, and then presented in new frames that have the aura of an earlier time, as we might expect from an ethnographic museum. Each photograph is accompanied by narrative wall text, tales which seem vaguely reminiscent of Arabian Nights and overflow with symbolism and detailed imagery...
...restaurant’s character embodies those qualities. The decor is a modern twist on classic bistro, a mixture of the traditional and the unexpected. The antiquey cranberry-red wood cabinets, the slightly crowded chocolate-brown tables, and the water served from retro glass bottles all evoke the aura of a casual café in the French countryside. At the same time, large colorful canvases, spotlighted with wiggly black wire lamps, dangle across the wall to create a funky, artistic vibe. The room is cheerful and inviting, radiating with a warm glow from the contrasting hues of vivid yellow...
...Mainstage is not worth the effort. Instead, it might be better to pay more attention to what the show attempts to pay attention to: the visual aesthetic. This is made confoundingly difficult, however, by the almost comically dismal lighting. In order to set what seems like an intended an aura of doom and gloom, the lighting plot has virtually no light. The effect doesn’t enhance the mood; it does, though, enhance squinting...