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...original play was created as a vehicle for Hepburn and caters to her aristocratic, intelligent, and lovely strengths. Terry’s struggle to live up to the opportunities she was given over her friends—simply because of her wealth—adds a necessary element of pathos to the formidable comedy. The real sense that everyone in the boarding house is desperately struggling makes the comedy sharper and leaves the story far meatier than an equivalent Busby Berkley behind-the-scenes show. The comparable story of the era is “The Women...
...Give it Away” video—unfortunately, this song is a sleeping pill by comparison. Some of the video’s clips are throwaways, but there are more than a few highlights. Like when we find bassist Flea looking completely out of his element in a ’50s dark suit, playing an enormous double bass. The look on his face suggests that the two-piece is a bit more confining than his more typical strategically-placed tube sock, but the master of the funky electric bass looks like he’s having the time...
...crucial element of the overhaul has been financial. The palace now directly spends a lot of the money that different government departments used to spend on its behalf, which has allowed it to take control over its own operations, establish budgets and cut costs that might otherwise have continued on autopilot. (One example: the certificates people receive when they obtain honors are now generated by computer rather than calligrapher, saving $27 approximately 5,000 times a year.) There's more public disclosure too, in particular an annual financial report launched at a press conference and published on the Web. Last...
...rotates between the perspective of an angry step-father, an omniscient narrator persuading a girl to kill her father, and a retrospective account of her actions. This time the occasional interruption by the child chorus works to heighten the very apparent tension and confusion. The clear Morrissey element is that there is no cleansing to the killing; it eliminates one problem, but he is not shy about realizing that there are no cure-alls, no really effective balms.Upon first listen, many are annoyed by Morrissey’s self-absorption and melodrama. But if you take the time, relax...
...biggest of stages pale in comparison to the consistency of Harvard’s crew programs.But enough about success. The trophies and photos enshrined in both Newell and Weld are testament enough to that.Rowing, both on the collegiate and the Olympic level, maintains the winner-take-all element so unique to college sports and so neglected in most of the professional realm. There’s no drawn-out series to watch, no seven-week playoff colossus that dulls the NBA until the Finals. There’s one start, one six-minute race to see who can outlast lactic...