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...Following a 13-month, $9.2 million makeover, the museum still exudes a tranquil charm. But light now floods in through roof panels, and with a new granite and red marble foyer grafted onto the front of the building, the exhibition spaces are much less cluttered. Just as important, says Diane Lees, the museum's director, is the rethinking of its layout. "We wanted it to be much more about seeing the exhibits in context," she says...
...distinctly non-American global event. That makes it unusual. In most aspects of modern life, we have become accustomed to think that the U.S. will dominate, call the shots, shape the way everyone else conducts themselves. But in football (for some, surely, this is part of its charm) the U.S. is just one of the crowd. Its team is on the level of Sweden, say, or Mexico, not that of the perennial superpowers of the sport such as Germany, Italy and Brazil...
...laced with tragedy, the movie does have its lighthearted moments. Most of these moments can be attributed to McConaughey, who is perfectly cast. Though in a dramatically different role from his usual lead in romantic comedies, McConaughey brings just the right amount of his signature goofy charm into his character, giving the film moments of much needed comic relief. Upon first meeting the three players, McConaughey comes up with memory tricks to remember their names, crediting this technique to an article he read in Redbook magazine. Though McConaughey’s character has this lighter side, McConaughey also nails...
...sure to please any musically inclined person; the downside is that I don?t know how long that pleasure is bound to last. The sound quality isn?t great (you can plug in an MP3 player, but I?m not sure you would want to). Once the initial charm wears off, it has a talking clock and alarm feature that might come in handy. Buy this to win originality points, or to please the person on your list who delights in musical toys or psychedelic bric-a-brac...
...visit there became a quiet family pleasure - a treasure chest for kids of toys, games and cool stuff from around the world and across the centuries, and for parents, an invitation to bathe in nostalgia. Following a 13-month, $9.2 million makeover, the museum still exudes a tranquil charm. But light now floods in through roof panels, and with a new granite and red marble foyer grafted onto the front of the building, the exhibition spaces are much less cluttered. Just as important, says Diane Lees, the museum's director, is the rethinking of its layout. "We wanted...