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...instead the crowd heard music more suited for a royal procession pouring from the speakers of Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, a popular Providence club. The sarcastically grandiose music soon gave way to cheesy 60s sitcom music and the lights swirled around the empty stage, before the always awkward and geeky Folds finally appeared to the cheers of a capacity crowd. After last year’s breakup of Ben Folds Five (BFF), the king of angry, indie piano rock is back, touring for Rockin’ The Suburbs, his most intelligent, subtle album to date...
...mosques attacked. Thousands were intimidated into not going to work, their mosques, their schools. Some 200 Muslims are estimated to have died in the Twin Towers. Yet, says C.A.I.R.'s Nihad Awad, "Muslims are being accused of something that the community has not done, and it's really an awkward and unfair position to be in." Thousands of answering machines--and actual people--fielded calls like the one that came into the offices of a Muslim organization in Santa Clara, Calif.: "We should bomb your ass and blow you back home." The caller was apparently unaware that "home" is here...
...home, she complains that there is nowhere to pray, because Islam forbids prayer in the presence of human images like those shown in Abro's paintings. Attiya loves her brother, but, she says, "I don't want to meet him again and again." For Aslam, it is equally awkward. On the few occasions when Attiya visits, he always demands that she don a veil before entering his home, and she always refuses...
Tara Hench, who danced so well in Suite Saint-Saëns, does not carry her success over into her portrayal of Helena. Her acting was expressive, and she did capture the frustration and despair of the character, but her awkward arms distracted from her dancing and acting, contributing heavily to the downfall of her performance...
...attacks forced many Iranians to revise their opinions of the U.S. and its relationship with Iran. "Finally, we realize not only that the U.S. isn't our worst enemy, but that a much more dangerous enemy exists," said student Jamileh Rezvani. Insights like this sometimes led to awkward yet poignant gestures. At the gym in suburban Tehran, for instance, the Star-Spangled Banner was played before the start of an aerobics class...