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...From among this wealth of choices, I have attempted to select the 10 best Beatle songs, a daunting task that I chose not to further compound by trying to put them in order. (It was George Harrison's misfortune as a songwriter to get stuck with Lennon and McCartney; in any other band he would have stood out, but not on this list, even if his post-Beatles work stands up to that of his bandmates. Then again, the challenge of proving himself probably provided the push that made him write "While My Guitar Gently Weeps...
...latest violence, which has claimed almost 70 lives - mostly Palestinian - began last Thursday, when controversial Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon led a large security detachment into the compound housing the Al Aksa mosque, Islam's third holiest site and the emotional epicenter of Palestinian sovereignty claims on Jerusalem. Sharon's move was a challenge to Barak's efforts to find a compromise with Arafat on the Holy City, and it set off a firestorm of Palestinian protest. After initial clashes atop the Temple Mount, every Israeli outpost in Arafat's territory became a lightning rod of rage for Palestinians, with...
That said, this is the one fall series most likely to inspire you to buy a big-screen television. The two-hour pilot explodes with a flashback to Max's escape from a government compound in a high-volume snowmobile chase. The script is mixed: the slang can be forced, the attempts at Buffy-esque humor sometimes fall flat. But it yields up one stunning visual after another--Max perched atop a decrepit Space Needle; nine-year-old Max holding her breath under a frozen lake; Max coolly wheeling Logan down a hospital corridor as an explosion silhouettes her from...
...generate the quick laugh. It was the route chosen by the National Review in 1997 when it lampooned the Clintons and Al Gore on its cover during the campaign-finance "Asian money" scandals. The Wen Ho Lee case reminds Chinese Americans in particular of the extraterritoriality imposed on "compound citizens." Everyone has a story, no matter how lofty the post...
...absolutely cannot underestimate the vital role the name of a theatrical space plays in its ranking. To those savvy in Harvard theater (and even to those not), the knowledge that a show will be performed on the Loeb Mainstage earns untold respect. Truly, the compound noun "mainstage" says...