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...nagging feeling that the sparks didn’t fly, that it never reached out to rough up the prevailing mood of Hope and Change. Some directorial risk-taking would have helped.Still, the main thing about “Assassins” is the assassins, and this cast has some seriously talented standouts. The best, by a lot, is Alison H. Rich ’09. She played Samuel Byck, who, in Feburary of 1974, tried to hijack a plane, crash it into the White House, and kill Nixon. Instead, after killing a cop and a pilot, he killed himself.Byck...
...rulers, and clairvoyants. It involves two Moroccan princes—Ormindo and Amida—who are in love with the same beautiful woman, Erisbe (who is, of course, unavailable, having married an ancient, wealthy and powerful monarch). The young queen and her two suitors are backed by a cast that includes three Egyptian fortune-tellers, a page, a lady-in-waiting, and a king, all of whom sing lengthy solo arias and pose and mime animatedly. This is meant to be very much in tune with the Baroque style, which suggests the way deep emotion arises out of formal...
...swift, bold decision-making style is vital given the current financial crisis and will outweigh the effect the Faculty’s previous criticisms could have on his nomination.“I think we’re in a crisis, and in this situation, those qualms will be cast aside in account of his superior qualifications for the job,” Rogoff said.Obama’s first appointment may indicate his willingness to tolerate blunt managerial styles. Rahm I. Emanuel, who will serve as White House chief of staff, is known for his short temper and office...
...completed Dartmouth study of the race argued that the roughly 34,000 residual votes - defined as undervotes, in which a ballot has not been fully filled out; or overvotes, in which more choices than were allowed were selected - could decide the election for Franken, because those votes are historically cast primarily by left-leaning voters. "With the voter who tends to pull the lever for Democrats, there's a little less dexterity," says Larry Jacobs, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, who is familiar with the study...
...where you can warm the marble of your Turkish hamam bed), an adjoining hotel-condo tower, upscale restaurants, clubs and boutiques as well as spectacular lobby chandeliers created by Ai Weiwei, who designed the Bird's Nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics, and you've got a bash the cast of Entourage would die for. (See pictures of the 2008 Beijing Olympics...