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...standard, reassemble the parts in startlingly creative ways, and then perform it with a passion that nobody has previously dared. Thus the campfire dirge Five Hundred Miles becomes a spine-tingling R&B ballad, dripping with anguish. The Beatles' chirpy Can't Buy Me Love is transformed into a complex jazz exercise, incorporating some of the Karnatakan rhythmic phrases of Ponnudorai's South Indian ancestry. The Cascades' saccharine Rhythm of the Rain metamorphoses into the purest Burt Bacharach, with unexpected chord changes and lush melodic lines...
...were to characterize his later work. He took to the streets, capturing events as they unfolded, and when his shots were smuggled out and published anonymously, they received international acclaim. Since 1970, he has lived in exile from his native country, training his lens mostly on modern Europe's complex landscapes and honing a stark, desolate style. But it isn't all gloom: whatever his subject matter, Koudelka's photographs are marked by his indelible persona. It is this that enables them to transcend mere form: with the eye of a poet, he sees into the soul of his subjects...
...hotel before you've even reached the club. But now, something resembling an entertainment zone has emerged, concentrating shopping, dining and drinking choices within walking distance and giving travelers the no-tears nightlife they've been missing. It began with the 2005 opening of the Arcadia bar-and-restaurant complex behind the Plaza Senayan mall. Then, last September, another retail center, Senayan City, opened across the road from the mall. Factor in nearby hotel accommodation-the five-star Mulia Senayan is a short hop by cab on roads with little risk of jams-and party animals have a new location...
...Harvard gears up to start construction of its much-anticipated science complex in Allston this fall, University officials met with area residents Monday night to discuss the educational benefits Harvard might provide to the neighborhood in the coming years...
...divisive and complex as the Iraq war has been, health care reform promises to be an even bigger challenge, in part because of its vast expense, but more so because of the polarizing impact it continues to have on the country. A member of the coalition, former Republican Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee, compared the challenge of reform to the bipartisan efforts made on civil rights in the 1960s and the environment in the 1970s. Baker knows Washington's political culture has changed for the worse since he retired several years ago, so while his description...