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Luck, though, isn’t an element in Jay’s performance. He proceeds instead with a self-assuredness that is not arrogant but rather appealing, even comforting. And he backs up that confidence with tremendous skill in manipulating a deck of playing cards. At one point, having dealt an audience member two pair, he asks what card he might like drawn next from the deck. The audience member, already wowed by Jay’s abilities and sure a full house is coming, shrugs and tells Jay that whichever of the already paired cards he had planned...
Horst and Huene’s works are stylized and formal when compared to the glossy fashion photography of today. This formality, coupled with soft yet dramatic lighting, adds an element of mystery and seduction to their work. Their photographs are geometrically structured and sharply delineated. While Huene’s photographs are more neutral in tone, Horst’s emphasize the powerful effect of black and white contrast. Although Huene was clearly a great influence on Horst, Huene’s career peaked in the 30s, while Horst continued to photograph well into the 80s. Horst?...
...given a set amount of debauchery dollars when they entered the party,” Winthrop House Committee member Jordan W. Webb ’03 said. “The idea was to collect as much money as they could—obviously there was a sexual element there—and there was a small trophy for the winner...
...Haqqani, the Taliban's popular southern military commander and a celebrated fighter against the Soviets, was playing both sides and had journeyed to Pakistan to negotiate a possible role in a broad-based future Afghan government. Haqqani, who was granted semiautonomous status by the Taliban, represents the kind of element the U.S. thinks it can woo: opportunistic leaders or fighters, outside the core group of dedicated followers, who may be just along for the ride. Many of these men, while fervent Afghan nationalists, don't necessarily believe in a jihad against the West...
...histrionics that accompany many falsetto rock divas. Not one to ride on other’s coattails, Gottesman is soon on the move, via a couple of slightly sticky ballads, to an almost self-consciously Zeppelin-esque riff on “Survive.” This brings the element of hope back into the album, as Gottesman sings with his chorused self, “Got a new life to survive, survive / Here I am / Breathing and alive.” The bouncy “I Got Something” is possibly the best cut on the album...