Word: kite
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...show is being restaged there as a tribute to the late director but also with an eye on making the journey from the East End of London to the West End stage - a delicious and not so unlikely prospect for a theatreland that is high as a kite right now on musicals and nostalgia...
...Bush war room is going to war with itself. Beginning this month, the young White House and Bush-Cheney-campaign operatives who in 2004 monitored constant live feeds of candidate John Kerry and then mercilessly tormented him about his weakness for shrimp vindaloo, kite surfing and Sun Valley are splitting up and fanning out to competing Republican presidential campaigns--all knowing one another's moves and working from the same playbook. Those going to the John McCain and Rudy Giuliani campaigns already have their first juicy target: Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's evolving positions on abortion and gay rights. "Nobody...
...Think of them as kites instead. It's not so easy to get a kite to fly. They crash back to ground a few times before getting up there. Then they soar...
...familial or major work obligations—for longer than will ever be possible again. Finally, so far removed from the stresses and rigmarole of Harvard life, you will doubtless have time to pursue far-flung interests that you would never pursue otherwise—anything from cooking to kite-surfing...
...ransacked the Beatles library for alternate versions of songs: John's early take of "Strawberry Fields," for example, slimmer in production values but more haunting. They play one a cappella piece, "Sun King," backward. They have jumbled bits of different tunes into Ivesian concoctions. "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" now concludes with (according to the press notes) "excerpts from 'Cry Baby Cry,' sound effects from 'Good Morning Good Morning,' laughter from 'Piggies,' noises from 'I Want You (She's So Heavy),' 'Helter Skelter' and audio snippets of The Beatles joking around during recording sessions...