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...civil rights issues like racial profiling, hate crimes and affirmative action, Gore's record stands in clear contrast to that of Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Earlier this year, Bush consistently refused to utter a critical word about the Confederate flag flying over the statehouse in South Carolina. He even suggested that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was an "outsider" and should "butt out" of the controversy. When given the chance to speak out against a symbol of racism and treason, he could not muster the courage or the leadership to condemn...
...their children." To appease her relatives, she dragged Umair to religious sites and forced him to drink "holy water." She fears that as Umair gets older, he will be taken to a pagal khana (mad house) where, she says, he would spend his days in a cage. In sharp contrast, in Chicago her son benefits from classes with a 1:1 student-teacher ratio at New Horizon Center, a private school that receives public funding. Average cost per student: between...
...crowd was extremely appreciative and from then, the band just got livelier. Malone continued thrilling the crowd with his flexible runs and providing an interesting contrast to Green's slightly stiff playing. Yet, the overall performance of the trio was satisfyingly intimate, having had the trio up close and personal with the audience...
Furthering this subjectivity, the bright musical sequences, although at times over the top, were refreshing and contrasted wonderfully to the drab and muted color palette of the factory and courtroom scenes. In contrast to Hollywood musicals of the '40's and '50's, von Trier uses the song and dance to further the exploration of his characters, a fragmentation or parallel universe, rather than an instrument of frivolity or light-heartedness. Bjork's performance and singing are stunning (if one is lenient toward her blunt acting style), and her voice carries one into her vulnerable and fragile sphere...
...Japanese photographer DAIDO MORIYAMA has often been called the most important of postwar Japan for his high-contrast shots of all sorts of seediness. He will speak about his work in the Sackler auditorium on Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call...