Word: brinks
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...symmetrically begins as the balloon descends amongst dancing angels on a cloud covered stage (created with dry ice) and Clara and the Nutcracker enter the Palace of Sweets in the sky. Balanced on the brink between girlhood and young womanhood, Clara's fantasy of a Prince in Candyland bridges fairy-tale elements that reflect her changing age. The stage sets and costumes in the second act strengthen the power of her fantasy--the walls of the palace look edible and the costumes look like they were made out of sugar and cotton candy. The Nutcracker (Carlos Santos) distinguishes himself...
Kennedy's assassination became a flash-point in American history. Our parents share our belief that American society has been in steady decline since the '60s: more violent, less prosperous, less hopeful. We do not know what forces have driven our society to the brink; we fear that we could not control them even if we did. Kennedy's bloody death is a focus for our fears, less reality than metaphor: our shining future silenced by gunfire...
...that he was "just too worldly." After graduation he enrolled at Bob Jones College, a Bible boot camp in Tennessee where hand holding was forbidden, and dating was limited to chaperoned chats in a public parlor. Between the rules and the course work, Graham soon found himself on the brink of expulsion and thought about transferring. The legendary Jones warned him about throwing his life away: "At best, all you could amount to would be a poor country Baptist preacher somewhere out in the sticks." Then he tempted him. "You have a voice that pulls," he told the young...
Especially lately. Last month, 50 former and present Expository Writing teachers testified in the pages of The Crimson that their department stifled internal dissent, served students poorly and, on a day-to-day basis, teetered on the brink of chaos. As his official response, Dean of Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell wrote to reassure these teachers that he would ignore the student newspaper report in which their complaints were aired. "I wanted...to assure you," he wrote, "if assurance be needed, that its reportage has neither expressed nor influenced the views of University Hall on the subject [of Expos...
Korea has been called a "little dragon" and the "next Japan," a country poised on the brink of economic superpower status. But this notion has blinded some observers to the fact that at many levels, Korea remains a backward country. For starters, the military controlled the presidency for 32 often brutal years from...