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...favorite moment—a combination of sight, sound, and sense that simultaneously summons comfort and evokes excitement. For me, that moment occurs approximately seven minutes past the hour, when I sit ensconced in whatever happens to be passing for a theater, and the lights begin to dim. There’s a split-second when I’m not sure if my eyes are playing tricks on me—I wonder if in my eagerness for the show’s start I have seen a change in lighting that did not actually occur?...
...precisely that America-first approach that has caused such consternation over missile defense, where the unilateralists are rushing events along. Powell has to shoulder the so-far unsuccessful chore of pacifying allies and adversaries who take a dim view. In more than seven sit-downs with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, he has tried to persuade an unyielding Moscow to say O.K. Everyone who opposes missile defense or wants to slow it down looks to Powell...
...American Ballet Theatre in 1997--Le Corsaire, Billy the Kid, Balanchine's Apollo, Twyla Tharp's Push Comes to Shove--performing them all with a casual virtuosity and unmannered grace worthy of Fred Astaire. On Oct. 26, Stiefel adds a new role to his repertoire: the male lead in Dim Lustre, Antony Tudor's rarely seen, piercingly Proustian tale of remembered love. It's part of A.B.T.'s New York City winter season (Oct. 23-Nov. 4), which also features the world premiere of Clear, the latest work by the much talked-about Australian choreographer Stanton Welch, and the company...
...defend the charity's right to discriminate against gays in exchange for its support for Bush's bill--DiIulio was furious. After repeated false starts, a scaled-back version of the faith-based bill passed the House last month. But its prospects in the Democratic-controlled Senate are dim at best...
...usual, Spergel knew very little when he began. So, he says, "I got a book and taught myself optics." The result: a revolutionary idea for a telescope that could spot a dim planet in the glare of a bright star, potentially saving NASA billions of dollars and advancing the search for undiscovered planets as much as a decade. "I love exploring the frontiers of science," says Spergel. "I try to choose projects where the answers will be exciting not only for my colleagues but also for everybody else...