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...still officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. As protocol demanded, he met with the General Secretary of the Communist Party and was photographed with a massive bust of the revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh. The President said one of the most poignant moments of the trip was passing the lake that Senator John McCain, as a Navy pilot, was pulled from after his plane was hit while on a bombing run. "He suffered a lot as a result of his imprisonment," Bush said, "and yet we passed the place where he was, literally, saved, in one way, by the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Escaping Washington, But Not Escaping Iraq | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

...adventure “Loom” featured gameplay structured around the use of musical “spells” in sequence, and pioneered the use of existing music in games: much of its soundtrack was comprised of excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.”While innovations like this were initially confined to low-profile experiments, before long prominent studios got in on the action. Trent Reznor, mastermind of industrial group Nine Inch Nails, composed the entire soundtrack for id Software’s legendary 1996 shoot...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PAYNEFUL TRUTHS: A Furor Erupts as Game Trailers Get Musical | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

House: Kirkland Concentration: Economics Hometown: The City: Salt Lake City, Utah, US and A Ideal Date: Me, my girlfriend, crab cakes, a beach. Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: Be kind, natural, and unique. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Throwing rocks at abortion clinics. First thing you notice about a guy/girl: Her aura. Your best pick-up line: This is not really a pick-up line, but telling girls to “drink up” has generally worked to my favor in the past (totally kidding). Best or worst lie you?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: scoped! | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

...Swan Lake,” the classical ballet from which Sharp’s text takes its title, figures prominently throughout the individual stories as a metaphor for the resolution of conflicting human desires through the formalized tensions of dance...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: White Swan, Black Swan | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

...narrator of the climatic title story asserts, “[Audiences] wanted to see a love story, and this was the big one, ‘Swan Lake,’ four acts of love, regret, death, and absolution.” Indeed, when ABT principals and lovers Lexa and Robbie dance the roles of the Swan Queen Odette and her prince Seigfried, they exhibit a perfect “erotic synergy.” Odette’s desire for her prince ultimately defeats the evil sorcerer von Rothbart, who would keep them apart...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: White Swan, Black Swan | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

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