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Airline safety is coming under increased scrutiny in the midst of the holiday travel season, the most awkward time for a crisis of confidence in air travel. A recent string of airline crashes and mishaps has compelled passengers, federal regulators and aviation experts to take a suddenly more skeptical look at an industry that had steadily been improving its safety record over the years. Statistically, air travel remains more than 100 times as safe as travel by car. But so far this year, more than 250 people have been killed in air crashes within...
Little Women gently but firmly asks us to penetrate its 19th century disguises and discover something of ourselves hiding in the dim past. There has always been a kind of awkward exuberance in the way this story looks life straight in the eye and sweetly, soberly embraces its basic experiences and emotions. It is this unspoken moral strength, which is not to be confused with the vulgar, politicized moralism of our time, that permits it to transcend its gentilities of expression and its lack of structural grace. And grants this lovely cast, these intelligent and passionate filmmakers, the year...
...addition, the studios are used by outside groups who rent the space, and so the rooms are available only at limited and awkward times...
...committee felt it somewhat awkward to release our reply given the president's illness but believed the issue was so important and the timing so important that it was necessary to move forward anyway," Gerace said...
...season's production by the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players, is something of a mixed bag. Musically speaking, the show is delightful, with Sullivan's score brought to life by a strong cast and a superb orchestra. But dramatically speaking, it is a disappointment: it suffers from an awkward, complex plot, and with a running time of three hours, is much too long...