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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...meeting in Singapore is only scheduled to last 90 minutes. But in that hour and a half, U.S. President Barack Obama will do much to erase years of perceived American slights felt by 10 Asian nations. For the first time ever, an American President will meet in one room with every leader of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional grouping that began in 1967 largely as a U.S.-supported bulwark against communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama in Southeast Asia: Mending Fences in a Key Region | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

...entries especially caught her eye: a man who had done the most number of cartwheels in an hour, and another who had the most number of snails stuck to his face for 10 seconds. But though she had some gymnastics experience, she did not feel up to the challenge of doing over 1,000 cartwheels. And she did not “want to be known as the girl who stuck snails to her face...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Record Breaker Gets on All Fours for Charity | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...opts instead to expose the inner workings of one individual. The play is basically psychoanalytical; the busy, flowing, often frenetic musical numbers and dynamic stage direction affords the audience a rare glimpse into Poe’s psyche. Unfortunately, this “glimpse” extends into an hour and a half long exposition, a bit generous for the lack of a distinct plot; further, the abundance of scenes constructed to convey a universal sense of loss causes the theme to become less affecting in its repetition. Despite this, “Nevermore” does an excellent...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Nevermore’ Reimagines Poe | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...Pirate Radio” puts the music center stage. Over its two-hour running time, Curtis has assembled a massive classic rock playlist of over 50 songs that never feels out of place against the on-screen action. Classics like “My Generation” and “Jumping Jack Flash” are immediately identifiable, but lesser known performers like The Hollies or Darlene Love fit just as well. Occasionally, Curtis takes a more literal approach; Cat Stevens’ “Father and Son” plays during a moment between Carl...

Author: By Brian A. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pirate Radio | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...oftentimes smoke marijuana before going to the seven hour VES classes or before I work on a piece,” says one student, “but less for creative inspiration than for getting the mind and body into a sort of a mode for allowing the creativity to come. It helps you not get fixated on a certain idea or color and allows a little more flow in the creation of whatever you’re making...

Author: By Noël D. Barlow and Eunice Y. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: High Art | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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