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...French-speaking Québécois, Turkey and the Kurds, Spain and the Basques. Boris Tadic - the moderate, pro-Western Serbian President - properly asked, "Who guarantees that parts of your countries will not declare independence in the same way?" We know the answer: no one. Tina Hone, Falls Church, Virginia...
...Theron found the right person in 14-year-old actress AnnaSophia Robb. “Shewas the element that really made mecommit to the film,” Theron said.Theron became Robb’s mentor duringproduction, balancing the roles ofnurturing the young actress and pushingher to hone her craft. “I was very protectiveof her,” Theron said, “but I also thinkthat at that age you’re still figuring outyour method, and I wish I had somebodywhen I was 19 who was like, ‘Look, youcan deliver really...
...that the whole issue of arts in the curriculum, you know, the making of art for credit, versus study of art, that’s one of things that the task force is looking at,” Megan says. The task force also hopes to encourage students to hone their artistic skills—by becoming proficient in a musical instrument, for example, rather than taking a music class. CONSERVING TALENTSome Harvard musicians have already begun developing both their musical proficiency and their analyitical ability. In conjunction with Harvard, the New England Conservatory (NEC), located just across...
...team’s regular season. “They’re in a very nice position right now and we’ve got a couple of weeks where our focus is getting better from a skills standpoint.” The Crimson will work to hone its racing skills before it heads back to Penn for the ECAC championships in Pittsburgh in late February. “I think they’re prepared,” Murphy said. “Now it’s just a matter of being ready to get it done...
...issues and adversaries were much different from today's, but the dispute was perhaps more rancorous. In the 1970s, the stucco box on Sunset Boulevard that housed the Comedy Store was a nightly practice field for up-and-coming comics who would troop onstage to hone their material, try out new jokes - and hope to get seen by the agents, managers and talent scouts who were regular clubgoers. The club's owner, Mitzi Shore - a pretty, petite brunet with a whiny, Roseanne-like voice who had inherited the Comedy Store in a divorce from comedian Sammy Shore - viewed the place...