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...Then, it was as if Ligeti put the situation on hold for several years. He wrote “Capriccio—Presto con Slancio,” the second movement of the piece, in 1953. With an invigorating prestissimo, Lipkind delivered the love-struck composer’s return to reality with notes that flew so quickly from the bow, it was as if a rustling wind blew into the room and ran with the scale...
...they can do what they do best: claim to have the answers to everything without actually doing anything. After six years in power, Republicans have given us a massive deficit, a broken military, a loss of civil liberties and two disastrous wars. Of course they are smiling--they are con men who have nothing to sell. David M. Caballero, Tucson, Ariz...
...benefit from its exposure at last year's Comic-Con convention, and from Warner Bros.' posting of 300 stills from the movie on MySpace. The $70 million opening means that we will see another spate of stories on the power of the Web to launch movies - stories we've been reading since 1999, when The Blair Witch Project became a surprise smash, but whose predictions of seismic changes in movie marketing have been realized only fitfully...
...charged with first-degree murder and is under suicide watch. She has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and with evidence tampering. They will enter pleas following an arraignment in May. Meanwhile, their MySpace pages remain active. Tess's page lists more than 1100 comments, both pro and con, a little world of sympathy and condemnation. "Killing ur mom is one thing but leaving her in the f-----g trunk of the car for [25 days] and partying in the house is just a sick thing to do," reads one. Says another: "I love you Tess I'm sorry...
...Pentagon. After the Bush White House said last month it would need $93.4 billion to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of September, Administration and congressional aides now say the White House will seek an additional $2 billion. That could buy a lot of paint and d-Con...