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...freer now. The only thing the central government has a keen interest in is our constitutional development. Every other thing, our economic policy, our social policy, is run from here. Before 1997, London would clear those things. Every morning I would spend three quarters of an hour reading telegrams from London, and do another two hours of [related] work. I never do that...
...course, for the first hour and a half—until a late-arriving guitarist broke the silence—there were three musicians in the room, including me. Though the paltry turnout was disheartening, I hoped for better luck in the future...
...success: Sara’s possessiveness and blooming teenage dark spells and her mother’s struggle at authority and obedience are themes that are not altogether easy to portray, but come across lucidly. As much as people may cringe to think of sitting through a painful two-hour political message, the acting in the film makes you forget that worry as soon as you see Esma and Sara in their sunlit apartment. Yet the general subject matter of the film has been conjugated many times over: as fresh as the acting and as heart-felt as the directing...
...four or five productions,” says Speedie. “Lithgow, who turned out to be the honorary chair of Arts First Weekend that year was only supposed to stop and watch for five or ten minutes...but I just remember: five, ten, fifteen, thirty minutes, an hour went by and he was still there.” Hyperion’s productions became more and more elaborate as the years passed. By Speedie and Saunders’ senior year in 1999, the company staged a sold-out production of “Hamlet?...
...kleptocrats, often both. Other new freedoms are appreciated, but not in the way you might expect. Satellite TV is nice to have when violence keeps you locked indoors for long stretches of time. When you do go out, a cellphone allows you to keep calling your family every hour, to reassure them that you are still alive. As for the freedom to travel, more than 2 million Iraqis have fled their country...