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...theme. Citing N.C. Wyeth’s drawings for the book Treasure Island as inspiration, Moloney said, “I wanted to avoid the standard staging for Pirates, but at the same time remain true to the play and its style. Most productions of Pirates have only the barest mention of a pirate ship, usually painted on a backdrop off in the distance. In this production we wanted to highlight Frederic’s complete immersion in pirate life and his sudden removal from it, so we begin with a pirate ship onstage, which is transformed into a rocky...
...Walking Man" evokes the atmosphere of the films of Yasujiro Ozu ("Tokyo Story," "Early Spring," etc.) But the comparison goes no further than the work's mutual tone. Ozu's movies involve rich characters struggling with complex conflicts. Taniguchi's walking man stays a cipher, exhibiting only the barest hint of complexity. The pleasures of "The Walking Man" are principally in the form of Taniguchi's careful compositions, which acheive a contemplative beauty. Like a short walk of the mind, they refresh and provide exercise...
Other questions should be answered when Cassini flies by Hyperion, a tumbling moon that appears to have been knocked off its pins by a collision eons ago and has never regained its footing; and Tethys, a moon that bears such a massive impact scar that only the barest geological margin keeps it from shattering altogether...
...most Americans know little of the machinations under way at the College Board. Even test coaches have heard only the barest outlines of what the New SAT will look like. But this is how powerful the test has become: many schools are already worrying about how to change their curriculums to fit the new exam--even though the College Board has yet to finish a first draft of the first test booklet. The maiden administration isn't until March 2005. (The name of the test will be, simply, SAT. The letters now stand for nothing; the "New" is a temporary...
...province heads toward November elections. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, flew into Belfast for the occasion. But this careful choreography was replaced with chaos after the I.R.A., apparently to avoid the appearance of surrender, allowed the inspectors to release only the barest facts about the disposal and nothing at all about how many weapons were destroyed. David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and Northern Ireland's former First Minister, denounced the I.R.A. secrecy and refused to deliver his end of the bargain - a promise to go back into government with the I.R.A...