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...embattled corps of dancers and musicians. Leadership changed hands four times between 1995 and 2004, including a stint by famed former principal dancer Vasiliev, who was unceremoniously dismissed in 2000 by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. The short-lived replacements were all part of Russian ballet's insular old guard. "They were doing Sleeping Beauty the way it had always been done," says Andre Lewis, artistic director of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, North America's second oldest ballet company. "The Bolshoi was stultified. It needed to change...
...minutes earlier. Only a lucky few got front row seat for the event’s main attraction, Park Jin-Young (who goes by J.Y.P.), former Korean pop-star, current producer, and Korean household name. By 4:05 p.m., the venue was way overcrowded. A desperate student begged the guard outside to be allowed to stand next to the door: “Sir, I realize it’s a fire hazard to an extent, but don’t you think I’d get the hell out of here if there was a fire...
...event opened with a performance by a color guard, the singing of the national anthem, and a moment of silence held for soldiers in the Middle East...
...British-born Muslim blew himself in front of a nightclub next to the American embassy in Tel Aviv, killing three. A second bomber's device failed to go off. Perhaps more alarmingly, it turns out one of the bombers had worked at Heathrow Airport as a security guard. Only the British authorities can tell us whether he had the capacity to slip a bomb on an American airplane - or help us stop the next British suicide bomber...
...minute we were down by two, the next minute we were down by 12,” said sophomore point guard Drew Housman. “It was us being stagnant on offense, and them being relentless penetrating the ball and hitting some good shots—especially their big guys hit some tough fadeaways...