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...fear of criticism. We all want our political positions, like our theses, to be well-informed and invulnerable to possible nitpicking by the opposition. If we have not done all the research, we are afrai d to take a strong position. Yet many of us continue to postpone the background reading on important current issues; music rehearsals, tutoring commitments, lab work, and midterms always take precedence. We want to excel at eve rything. Many of us who are not experts on politics don’t have time to become experts, and eventually give up on taking a stand altogether...
...don’t want the audience to simply watch and intellectualize from a detached point of view,” Donahue says. The minimalist furniture against the empty, gray background forces the audience to relate to the play on its own terms. “The set is not meant to be overly involved. It’s actually very passive,” explains set designer Kenneth P. Herrera ’03. “We wanted to play with the idea that this is still a very realistic, transitory space...
...will likely have final say over where Muhammad and Malvo will be tried first. They can be tried more than once and sentenced to death in more than one jurisdiction, but the first trial will be the newsmaker - and career-maker - while the later trials will fade into the background. The first judgment will also be the first to be carried out; a quick death sentence would render following trials moot...
...ultimate publicity coup: getting banned by MTV. Rather, it has offended the government of Thailand, a country not known to be coy about sexual matters. Officials are not objecting to the dance moves or what looks to be an orgy but to a pair of posters in the background written in Thai that refer to the country's sex industry. The Thai distributor for Aguilera's music label has decided not to air the video on local stations. Chances are, the effort by Thai officials to deny Thailand's reputation as a haven for libertine adventures should prove less...
...been dreading for the past five days is coming true. She cannot remember all the moves to the dance that accompanies her fast R. and B. track Future Tense. While the chorus "I wanna be new/ I wanna be new/ I wanna be so brand new" plays in the background as if her subconscious were speaking out loud, she tries concentrating on her choreographer's last-minute instructions. She is tired, self-conscious and more than a little freaked...