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...Solar” comes to a close, Beard is forced to confront the various deceptions and half-truths that have defined his life. A chameleon, Beard nevertheless begins to lose control of his relationships, of the image he projects on the world, and of his own beliefs and emotions. The man who shunned commitment and love in favor of status, pleasure, and freedom realizes that the only true solace resides in the personal relationships that endure life’s changes. McEwan’s writing becomes increasingly fatalistic and forlorn as the novel progresses, and Beard realizes that even...
...Keefe craftily invites the viewer in. The seats are pulled in several feet from the wall, so that the Ex, already a small and snug performance space, here becomes even more intimate. When Jim and Laura share a charming dance toward the end of the play, the close setting makes the ethereal moment all the more fleeting...
...Still Water (The River Thames, for Example),” the architectural space best enhances Horn’s work. Fifteen close-up color photographs of water encircle the room, and the ICA supplies a sixteenth image with its floor to ceiling view of the harbor. While this could be construed as distracting in some cases, this intrusion of the gallery space prods the viewer to notice the work’s dualities of motion and stillness, change and permanence, and similarity and difference in relation to the Boston Harbor...
...allegations. Cabinet ministers are lining up to defend Brown. "I don't think [Brown] so much bullies people as he is very demanding of people," Lord Mandelson, the Secretary of State for Business and a mainstay of Brown's government, told a BBC program. But attempts to close down the story and move on have been thwarted by a fresh allegation. Christine Pratt, chief executive of a charity called the National Bullying Helpline, has spoken to British media outlets claiming that Downing Street staff contacted her organization for help, telling one interviewer "I have personally taken a call from staff...
...most dangerous adversaries are the Haqqanis, who have sworn loyalty to Omar while operating semi-independently in the eastern Afghan provinces and also across the border in Pakistan. Since the days of the jihad against the Soviets, Pakistani spy service the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has kept close ties with the Haqqanis. Now the Pakistanis are resisting demands by Washington to clear the Haqqanis out of their lair in the Pakistani territory of North Waziristan. Pakistani officials insist they will - but within six months. For now, they say, their 140,000 troops are too busy fighting the Pakistani...