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FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY IS FORBIDden at Cirque du Soleil, the master of ceremonies announces at the outset of its all new show Saltimbanco, "because of the extreme danger it represents to the people of our world." Our world? To anyone unfamiliar with the previous spectacles of this Montreal-based big top -- Le Cirque Reinvente and Nouvelle Experience -- the emcee's remark will seem twee and pretentious. But he's not kidding. Their world is beautiful, seductive, utterly otherly...
JEWS AND ARABS ARE HAVING SUCH A TOUGH TIME living together that the Israeli government has decided to keep them apart as much as possible. Having already closed off the Gaza Strip in response to a worsening spiral of attacks and counterattacks, authorities have forbidden Palestinians in the West Bank to enter Israel. The twin moves kept more than 100,000 Palestinians from reaching their jobs in Israel, at an estimated cost in lost earnings of $2.6 million daily...
...commandeering center stage, she electrifies the audience at the first-act curtain with Could I Leave You? and again near the finale with Getting Married Today. She acts rather than belts, taking time and not challenging her vocal reach as she did at the 1991 Tony Awards (satirized by Forbidden Broadway, to the tune of I Could Have Danced All Night, as "I couldn't hit that note"). But two other numbers that would suit her quiet intensity -- the lovelorn Losing My Mind and the show-biz survivor's anthem I'm Still Here -- are left out, apparently because they...
...paying too much attention to functionaries whose most important job is to show up and unlock the basketballs every day? Fortunately, there is a solution. In professional tennis, a sport not otherwise known for wisdom and moderation, coaches are forbidden to communicate with their players during matches. No yelling, no signals, no meaningful throwing of chairs, or a penalty is imposed...
Billboard slogans proclaimed, A MORE OPEN CHINA AWAITS THE 2000 OLYMPICS. Colored flags flanked thoroughfares, and taxis bore BEIJING 2000 stickers. To reduce pollution, some areas were forbidden to burn coal. All this and more went into Beijing's giant pitch to the International Olympic Committee for the Games in the year 2000. A decision is due in September...