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...nobody sings the “I-told-you-Kerry-would-blow-it-against-Bush” chorus louder than I do. But despite Kerry’s myriad flaws, all magnified to fly-frying heat by the president’s political fuglemen—and despite the extraordinary disloyalty of a campaign staff that makes the team Al Gore ’69 had look like a mystic cult—the Democrats’ larger problem goes back farther than this campaign...
...notorious Axe Gang to prey on the poor people of Pig Sty Alley?people who happen to have preternatural prowess in martial arts. You'll find characters to root for (the gentle baker, the mincing tailor, the irascible landlady) and to hiss (the zither-playing assassins, the chorus line of dapper thugs, the mild-looking elderly gent they call The Beast). Chow not only casts himself on the wrong side, as a gangster wannabe, he also takes a supporting role and doesn't grab center screen until a climactic fight that follows his ascent into heaven to beg fight advice...
...violent reality of life in Iraq stands in contrast to the Bush Administration's sunny assessments of the country's progress toward democracy. A growing chorus of lawmakers, soldiers and U.S. military and intelligence officials warn that the U.S. faces a potential disaster in Iraq. Critics of the Administration pounced on reports saying a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, which the CIA gave to the White House in July, lays out a distressing view of Iraq's future. According to a U.S. official familiar with the estimate, it envisions three possible scenarios for how events might unfold over the next...
...stage productions like Cabaret and Chicago; in New York City. Ebb worked with composer John Kander for more than four decades on 11 Broadway musicals, including 3 Tony Award-winners. Known for his wry humor and unholy characters, like the lascivious master of ceremonies of Cabaret and the murderous chorus girls of Chicago, Ebb is perhaps best known for penning the lyrics to New York, New York, the big-city anthem Frank Sinatra later made famous...
...around his neck and lays her head against his chest and melts his heart like cheese under the broiler. She comes home from soccer and bursts into the house and cries "Daddy!" and runs and clasps his knees for perhaps four seconds, or three, and this is the Hallelujah Chorus and the Water Lilies at Giverny of parenthood. And sometimes she says, "I love you so much." This is so indescribably lovely that the old man feels dread in his heart: When will this Golden Age end, and what comes after...