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...because the BJP cannot afford the loss of any allies who range from firebrand socialists to right-wing nationalists, the document omitted several divisive Hindu nationalist goals...
...British stars, innocent of the intricacies of U.S. politics (imagine an American actor cast as Prime Minister Tony Blair or Northern Ireland firebrand Ian Paisley), had a few all-night cram sessions. Lester studied the career of the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, an early black supporter of Clinton's, and read The Power Game: How Washington Works by Hedrick Smith. Says Thompson: "The areas of my ignorance are vast and arid. I read Politics for Dummies; I saw the documentary The War Room; and I learned a wee bit about women in American politics. It's impressive what women...
...this unusual note, Oliver Stone entered the room and shuffled up to the stage. Looking haggard and exhausted, Stone stood, slightly slumped, over the podium and apologized to the audience for his lack of energy. The firebrand of many a TV interview lamented the day's six previous publicity-engagements and mumbled, "Live television is torture...it's demeaning." The publicity-hungry Oliver Stone of Natural Born Killers, of endless controversy and extremist rhetoric, was clearly nowhere to be found...
...involving storytelling in a way that has all but vanished from the American musical. Terrence McNally's adaptation deftly re-creates Doctorow's tapestry of early 20th century America, with historical figures (Harry Houdini, Emma Goldman) mingling with fictional ones like Coalhouse Walker Jr., the ragtime pianist turned antiracism firebrand. Composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens supply a score alternately catchy (the ragtime numbers) and affecting (a wife's proto-feminist lament, Back to Before). And director Frank Galati and choreographer Graciela Daniele have created stage pictures that are both lovely and thematically apt, from the exquisite opening dance...
REPRESENTATIVE BOB DORNAN G.O.P. firebrand "B-1 Bob" gets blitzed by Dem Latina foe in still too-close-to-call vote...