Word: kicking
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...lobby Congress, work on getting votes for legislative decisions, but we rarely take to the streets to convince people of our rights.” He asked, “Why haven’t activists staged sit-ins at military recruitment centers, which immediately kick people out if they declare their homosexuality?” I don’t have any good answer for him, but if recent American history is any indication, actions like these will be crucial in shifting the country’s landscape of acceptance...
...hold their own—even in pointe shoes. Cranko’s ballet, which premiered in 1962 with the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany, begins on the streets of Verona, where Romeo (Nelson Madrigal) pines over Rosalind as his cousins bite their thumbs—or, rather, kick their legs—at the Capulets. The set transforms to reveal the interior of a ballroom, where Romeo and Juliet (Larissa Ponomarenko) first meet. Sadly, the precious moment in the text where Romeo absolves his sins on Juliet’s lips, then kisses her again to retrieve them, is sacrificed...
...Having failed to save it, Seoul is planning to restore the monument as quickly as possible: an official at the Cultural Heritage Administration told media it would take about three years and $21 million to rebuild the gate. President-elect Lee Myung Bak has proposed that citizens kick in money for the construction. But until the Namdaemun Gate is rebuilt, its blackened pedestal will remain a reminder of the fragility of Korea's architectural legacy - and a litmus test of just how serious the 5,000-year-old culture is about preserving its remaining historical landmarks...
...while away the time; there isn’t much intellectual investment in sports bloopers, say, or Mike Huckabee’s latest ‘is he joking?’ moment. Of late, however, two videos in particular have me wondering whether this online equivalent of kick-the-can might actually have some cataclysmic import on how we conceive of our idols: in this case, the charming, all-American pair of Tom Cruise and William F. Buckley...
...three sections of Northeastern fans unleashed boos and incoherent chants on the whole arena each time the kids pointed to the Veritas logo and smirked, something occurred to me: shouldn’t actual Harvard students be the ones getting a kick out of antagonizing the opposing team’s fans? At the Beanpot no less...