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...long struggled to attract tourists and Manhattanites, which is a pity because it has a remarkable collection (including Egyptian works that are among the most impressive in the world). Museum officials knew Sensation could reinvigorate a museum: it had done so in London, where it drew so many curious viewers that the once fusty Royal Academy of Arts was able to erase a large chunk of its $3 million deficit. The Brooklyn Museum is promoting the spectacle with a cheeky "HEALTH WARNING," saying the art "may cause shock, vomiting, confusion, panic..." (you get the idea...
This promising comic beginning is quickly dissipated by the curious affliction that overwhelms McCourt in his new surroundings: the total loss of his sense of humor. He is treated well in the U.S.--a job at the Biltmore Hotel, a room of his own, new friends--but it all seems like ashes to Frank: "New York was the city of my dreams but now I'm here the dreams are gone and it's not what I expected at all. I never thought I'd be going around a hotel lobby cleaning up after people and scouring toilet bowls...
...evidence to this date, Anna seems like a curious production. Although Jodie Foster's talents have long been well established, Chow Yun Fat's popularity is questionable (he's best known for two mediocre movies in the states, The Replacement Killers and The Corruptor). This not to say that Chow Yun Fat is not a well known commodity in some circles. Aside from Sean Connery and Steve McQueen, Chow is probably the manliest man you would ever want to meet, having collaborated with director John Woo in brutal yet poetic action films like The Killer and Hard Boiled in their...
...were curious to see if we could do it," senior midfielder Ashley Berman said. "We hadn't played a challenging team all year and hadn't really been tested...
...curious that House traditions have survived randomization, especially since so many were invented and perpetuated by the certain type of students who lived in non-randomized houses. Who other than the decadent aesthetes in Adams would indulge in the renowned debauchery of the Masquerade? Who but the social libertines in Dunster--the same folks who sustained a pornography appreciation society--would support a deliciously Pagan feast? Now, supposedly, the artists and Pagan sympathizers are gone, or at least as common as every other type of student, but the traditions remain...