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BLUNT ISN'T exactly the word for much of the humor in the text itself. Crude, maybe, or perhaps gross. Styled as a basic "women's literature" textbook, Titters 101 is the image of the abused high school volume, in which every kind of girl wrote notes to her friends...
Bauer comes into her element in the second act. Part of the magic comes from a careful economy of movement. By perfecting antique, elongated shapes, Bauer gives the illusion of being supported by thin air. The absence of superfluous gestures suspends this illusion even further. With light, fluttering footwork and...
"The idea of quick fix diplomacy at the top is an illusion," Pipes added.
Which may be the reason ceremonies were invented: to hold time still by repeated practices, so that it would be difficult, or beside the point, to identify a particular date or age. Blink your eyes these next two weeks, and step out of history. Are we in London, Athens, Rome...
Much of the appeal of the Olympics centers on individual heroes, yet heroism in the Games is lightweight; it bears none of the mythic armor of professional sports. With professional athletes, allegories develop with the records; Mantle was pain, Unitas skill, Ali poetry and power. The Olympic Games are too...