Word: convertibles
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...attendance ate carbohydrates, almost nothing about the SciTech Oscars resembles its glitzier counterpart held later this month at the Kodak Theater. No one asked the guy who designed the mysterious-sounding Brugmatic MPST Densitometer who he is wearing. No one speculated if the woman who helped the film industry convert from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks is finally over her ex. No one thanked his agent - although the computer science department at MIT did get name-checked...
...comics are a sight gag in themselves. Waraday's meek demeanor is spiced up with wacky neckties. Aaron Freeman is an African-American Jewish convert who looks as though he just swung off the movie set of Pirates of the Caribbean. The third comedian is Yisrael Campbell, a former Irish-Italian Catholic who became an orthodox Jew. Campbell appears on stage much as he dresses every day around the Holy City - wearing a long black coat, a hat and a Moses-like beard. Black-suited Hanania has the broad-shoulders of a grizzled street tough, either in Chicago or Gaza...
...Mughal may be set a century and a half ago, but it revolves around a contemporary theme: the clash of civilizations. The spirit of evangelical Christianity had begun to infect the Englishmen in India in the 1850s. Many believed that they had been granted the Empire in order to convert Hindus and Muslims to the "true faith." On the other side, a growing number of India's Muslims were turning to a more orthodox form of Islam and dreaming of declaring jihad against the British. In May 1857, thousands of sepoys (Indian soldiers) serving in the British army mutinied, mainly...
...slip of a button, they become more than a little provocative, as shown at left. "In private, clothing should reflect a woman's sensuality," Yalçin says. But her goal in public is "to show the beauty of the flower, while covering the flower." Will Paris and Britney convert...
...Crimson looked determined to pull off the upset, winning their first sets at No. 1, 2, 4, and 5.Harvard’s 93rd-ranked sophomore Chris Clayton, playing at No. 1, continued his strong play, beating his opponent 7-5 in the first set and, after failing to convert three match points at 5-4 in the second set, finished off No. 59 Brian Hung, 7-5.“He had an aggressive game style,” Clayton said. “He played into my strength, my speed, allowing me to break him down mentally...