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...setting was simple, consisting of an outdoor porch with two circular banisters on each side of the stage. However, these banisters seemed to hinder the performance more than they helped. Often times during a dialogue, one of the characters would lean on a banister and look at the audience as they spoke instead of at the character with whom they were talking. Often this device was distracting, and it seemed like the banister acted as a crutch for the actors to not have to look at each other at meaningful points in the dialogue, taking away from what could have...
...several Twitterers suspect that the Nobel Prize may hinder Obama from doing just that by galvanizing his opponents at home and ratcheting up the unrealistic expectations he's been trying to downplay since he entered the White House. Here's @alexevansuk again: "I can hardly wait for reactions on US conservative blogs." Another Twitter regular says, "If the Nobel Committee deliberately set out to sabotage Obama, they couldn't have done it better." Actually, that was me. I'm sure many others will have made much the same point by now. Twitter often reminds users how many different viewpoints there...
Looking ahead to Wednesday’s game at No. 7 Connecticut (7-0), the Crimson wants to make sure that this disappointing loss doesn’t hinder the body of work it has achieved with its strong start to the season...
...fiancee, a Columbia University graduate student, as a suspect but have provided little additional information. Officials had promised Tuesday to release an autopsy report that would shed light on exactly how Le died. But then prosecutors blocked release of the results out of concern that it could hinder the investigation...
...from its allies in search of a separate peace deal will cost it leverage needed to achieve its primary goals of recovering the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and reintegrating into the international community. An ongoing Lebanese political crisis is certainly a reminder of Syria's ability to help - or hinder - the achievement of U.S. goals in the region. (Read "Fatah and Hamas: Heading for a Showdown in Lebanon...