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...star-cross’d lovers” can hold their own—even in pointe shoes. Cranko’s ballet, which premiered in 1962 with the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany, begins on the streets of Verona, where Romeo (Nelson Madrigal) pines over Rosalind as his cousins bite their thumbs—or, rather, kick their legs—at the Capulets. The set transforms to reveal the interior of a ballroom, where Romeo and Juliet (Larissa Ponomarenko) first meet. Sadly, the precious moment in the text where Romeo absolves his sins on Juliet’s lips...
...cheap salads past might give you pause, but whole olives from the bottle—or in a dish—are much juicier and more complex than their dining hall cousins. So purchase a jar, starting with the green variety to give yourself some practice with the flavors. Bite into a whole olive slowly, noticing the texture and, of course, watching out for the pit. (Stuffed olives allow you to munch all the way through and reward you with a red pepper for your efforts.) As the juice covers your tongue, notice the brightness of the taste...
...pleased with the movement that we've seen in the past seven or eight days," said campaign manager David Plouffe, "but again this was always a fairly daunting day for us and we are looking forward to moving beyond it because we get to states in smaller bite-sizes, two or three in a day." Obama could savor his big win in his home state of Illinois - since it was once Clinton's home state as well - as well as in Connecticut, Delaware and Utah. Once again, younger and more affluent voters provided the core of his support, along with...
...side. I realized that I was in one of a few strange, Twilight Zone-like patches in the world: a place where Boston and New York sports fans could co-exist in peace. Certainly, Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup lacks some of the Boston-New York bite to which sports fans have become so accustomed. What pushes this game past the level of usual Super Bowl hoopla is, of course, the Patriots’ potential place in history. As usual, sports fans seem to be rallying against the favorite—a natural position for those without...
...expanded domestic spying powers for the Bush Administration; on the other, they can't risk looking soft on terrorism, especially nine months before national elections. Senate majority leader Harry Reid is angling for another month's extension of the PAA, but that would only give the Republicans a third bite at the apple in late February...