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...same material as a gray file cabinet but resembling a medicine cabinet. It contains cast boxes of different sizes, in light yellow, light gray blue, and gray. The small boxes are stacked and fit into the cabinet, again so snugly that their geometry is comforting, even when the idea of using some gray plaster as soap or toothpaste is a bit repulsive. It’s like kids’ blocks—less colorful, and less square. But neat. They suggest that art could be created by placement.It is one thing to treat imagined soap as an object...
Perhaps this is why the idea of Dalton—what she represents, as opposed to who she was—feels so relatable. There is something in her languorous pronunciation of consonants—L’s and R’s morph into disyllabic sounds—that draws nebulous, martyrizing declarations out of those who knew her well and those who didn’t. “There was no fire behind her,” bass player and producer Harvey Brooks told NPR in reference to her attempts at studio recording...
...government itself must plead guilty. Though few have gone as far as televangelist Pat Robertson, who called the prophet Muhammad “an absolute wild-eyed fanatic…a killer,” or Fox News personality Sean Hannity, who compared the Quran to Mein Kampf, the idea persists that there is something possibly threatening, and definitely unsettling, about Islam...
...Presumed Innocent,” the film adaptation stars Harrison Ford, and Snider becomes much more than a secretary.Snider, who is known for her reliable intuition, has learned by now what makes a good film, both commercially and artistically.“You have to have a strong idea for a hit movie, a strong core idea that resonates emotionally,” Snider said in a phone interview. “It also has to technically achieve its goal—it’s got to be well-written, well-paced, and interestingly told. For example...
...have had the better of this argument - it is the classic division between liberals and conservatives. But 2008 has proved to be a new and frightening moment for the American electorate, and having the government help in finding, and funding, health care doesn't sound like such a bad idea anymore. McCain had a feisty debate, with some high points and a bit too much anger to make Americans feel very comfortable in his presence, but to a very great extent, his fate - like this election - was out of his control. This is simply not a good year...