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Middleton was as much a journalist as a playwright, documenting the politics and society of 17th century London. He saw it transformed by immigration, and witnessed the rise of a middle class struggling to cling on to morality amid a flood of new wealth. "It was a time of incredible ferment and change, both economic and intellectual," says Laurence Boswell, who directed Women, Beware Women for Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company last year. "Middleton was freaked out and excited...
...Gawker postings—which include headlines such as “Anderson Cooper And Jeff Corwin Insanely Homoerotic In HD—But Not In New York”—often incite celebrity outrage. In March 2006, George Clooney called for people to “flood their Web site with bogus sightings” to sabotage Gawker Stalker, the blog’s controversial feature that pinpoints celebrity sightings on an online map of Manhattan. Gawker’s response? “We did a George Clooney contest for the best picture...
...aftermath of the flooding, Calderon announced that the entire state of Tabasco would have free electricity until February to help alleviate their problems. He will have to find a lot more aid to resolve the flood victims' problems. The rushing water damaged the homes of almost a million people, or about half of Tabasco's population. It also devastated crops of corn, bananas and beans that provide the livelihood for thousands. After water levels finally started receding this week, Jesus Hilario left his shelter in a schoolhouse on the outskirts of Villahermosa to find his patches of corn and bananas...
...Depression, calling it "a temporary solution to deal with an emergency." But in Washington, the emergency has never ended. The government still gives farmers your money--more than ever over the past decade--along with research projects to expand their yields, restoration projects to clean up their messes, flood-control and irrigation projects to protect and enhance their land, visa programs to supply them with cheap labor, ethanol mandates and tariffs to boost their prices, and tax breaks by the bushel...
...heard Sigur Rós’s music before. They are not smiling or singing along but rather listening closely, pondering each song’s perplexing beauty.Yet somehow “Heima” comes together seamlessly. Even though the film has little plot, meaning and emotion flood each scene. When the band performs at an abandoned fishery, strobe lights and roaring guitars bring spirit to the lifeless locale. Elsewhere, playful anthem “Hoppípolla” soars as children run down the beach and kites fill a cloudless sky. Towards...