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...reflects on his life, and his most recent one until now, The Light of Day(2003), about a disgraced former policeman trying to unravel a crime of passion, embody another of Swift's techniques: the action takes place in a single day, Ulysses-style. Tomorrow is a tool kit of such Swiftian tricks. Important facts are dripped sparingly, the narration is first person, and this time the action encompasses a single night. Lying sleepless next to her oblivious mate, Paula addresses an anxious monologue to her sleeping twins. "I'm the only one awake in this house on the night...
...plot moves along, the realities of German life outside the Kit Kat Klub become more apparent, and the second act is accordingly much grimmer. Aspiring politician Ernst Ludwig (Daniel V. Kroop ’10) becomes the face of the growing Nazi party; as he rises, both the relationships that developed in the first act fall apart...
...story depicts an American novelist, Clifford Bradshaw (Zachary B.S. Sniderman ’09), and his doomed love affair with Sally Bowles, one of the main dancers at Berlin’s Kit Kat Klub, where the party never stops and the women wear as little as possible. Most of the first act takes place here, but a concurrent subplot involves an equally doomed love affair between Bradshaw’s landlord Fräulein Schneider, played by Carolyn A. McCandlish ’07, and her tenant, Herr Schultz (Quincy Ellis...
...halls of Iraq's Parliament today provide a stark contrast to the bloody realities outside the blast walls and barbed wire. Politicians munch Kit Kats and Twix from a free candy table in the members' lounge area. Leaders of rival factions greet each other as if they were old friends, with air kisses on both cheeks, with a long hand shake and a pat on the shoulder. Meanwhile in much of Iraq death squads take turns torching homes and lopping off heads. Holidays are observed, days off are taken, it's easy to think that while the country goes...
...iControl, which won the 2006 Electronic House Product of the Year Award for its system of cameras, sensors, lamp modules, thermostats and detectors, allows you to view live video and manage your utilities and appliances from a personal Web portal or any Web-enabled cell phone. The iControl starter kit costs $399, with a monthly subscription fee of $10. HomeSeer's $200 Home Control Software 2 can create elaborate automated routines that you can then control remotely via a Web page and activate by voice or simply by sending an e-mail or a text message...