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...Birdie still top the schools' most-popular list (Little Shop of Horrors was actually No. 1 for 2007), a growing number of high schools are turning to more adventurous fare for their theatrical rite of spring: big, adult epics like Les Miz; irreverent satires like Urinetown; dark musicals like Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. "There's a sense of we want to do something new and edgy," says Jeff Knoedler of Newton South High School outside Boston. "There's only so many times you can trot out Oklahoma! Our kids are doing musicals starting at camp since the fifth grade...
...Based on a 1995 novel by Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago, the movie imagines that, one by one, nearly all the inhabitants of an unnamed city have been rendered sightless. Things don't go dark for them, they go searingly, opaquely light - "I feel like I'm swimming in milk," says the first man to be struck with the disease - so it's called "the white blindness." Soon the streets are flooded with people violently, helplessly scrounging for food. The only person who may have escaped the plague is the wife (Julianne Moore) of an ophthalmologist (Mark Ruffalo). When the government...
...audiences typically expect her to be sporting a hajib, as well a “long frilly dress and tiara.” But Khan—speaking at the Graduate School of Education about teaching and learning in the developing world—came dressed in a dark suit instead. Khan, director of the Social Welfare Department at the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is the eldest child of The Aga Khan ’59, the current Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. AKDN, founded by The Aga Khan, promotes social and economic development of societies in various...
...sleek upon my body. The thought was riveting. And you know what? Dammit, I needed this.I walked over to her, glaring. As she looked up, I said: “Yes. I would like to buy this pair of Diesel jeans.”They were the perfect jeans. Dark wash, slightly worn at the thigh. Slim, but not too slim, with creases at the pockets and behind the knee. They were button fly, like all Diesel jeans. And, my God, when I tried them on, I just knew I had to have them. The Viker...
...nighttime travel can be a dangerous affair. After consulting the safety gurus, FM has compiled some safety tips and self-defense moves that should come in handy if you find yourself alone in the wee hours. PREVENTION: Of course, the best prevention measure is to avoid travelling solo after dark, especially in unlit areas. If you have to stay out late, recruit friends to walk with you or set up a departure time beforehand. Otherwise, try to be aware of the time so you can make it back to your room before dark. DEFENSE: 1. If a potential attacker approaches...