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...despite a set that invited the audience in, directors missed the opportunity to have meaningful interaction between the cast and playgoers. One might expect the women to entice audience members as if they were real cabaret dancers; unfortunately, nothing of the sort went on, and the dancers went about their blocking and dancing as if the audience wasn’t there—one disappointing facet of the otherwise solid directing...
...education on the prevalence, consequences, and forms of sexual violence is the most effective form of prevention would beg to differ, as would the many chaste, sober individuals who are raped. No matter what someone drinks, wears, or chooses to do, they do not ask to, nor should they expect to be raped; only a rapist can ultimately prevent a rape...
...going to write about your former colleagues, please get some facts. The agency's total attrition rate - retirements, resignations, and separations - is low, running under 5%. To me, that says good things about morale. Your figure for contractors is well off the mark, and you can expect that population to decrease as our force of staff officers continues to grow. As for Iraq, agency officers lead the agency presence there and make the key operational decisions. Finally, relations with the military are strong, but we are working to make them better still. An intelligence officer constantly evaluates his sources - yours...
...That's why I don't expect the court decision this week to have many larger implications. The fact is, where the two sides of the issue are at war over abortion and always will be, most Americans long ago decided what they think about it. They want abortion to be legal, but they don't want it to be easy. And their qualms about it grow as a pregnancy progresses. As with everything else about this debate, the absolutes will always give way to the individual...
...Rudd spoke about political philosophy, the role of the state, the great policy challenges facing the nation and his personal road to Canberra. About halfway through, he said: "I believe that the nation needs a revolution in its education system." It's the sort of speech you'd expect from someone in a hurry to get some power-and Rudd, then 41, was. "I have no intention of being here for the sake of just being here," he said, and concluded: "It is my intention to make a difference...