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...stage full of court guests, each fairy dancer bows to the audience as if the audience was a part of the court itself. The history of ballet centers around court culture but the bows in this opening act feel somewhat jarring to the audience--its self-awareness adds a layer of artificiality to the ballet, for the audience witnesses the performance within the performance. This dynamic would not be so disturbing if it ended with the first act, but it returns in the third act at the wedding celebration. Despite the unnecessary bowing, act one offers us the pleasures...
Criticizing Harvard's football team after a one-sided loss is usually like eating a Fig Newton: you first carefully nibble at a thin outer layer of remediable vices before getting to the icky heart of the matter...
...about to happen. This was one of those times. Gibson limped to the plate, but he was determined. He had picked the Dodgers up all year. I think everyone in that stadium felt what I felt. Maybe it was the alignment of the planets, maybe it was the smog layer. But we all knew we were about to see something special...
...Unrest Six Layer Cake...
...some cases the flashing, the layer of material between a building's outer walls and inner walls used to keep out precipitation, has deteriorated. While all flashing wears down over time, most of the older buildings used more durable materials, usually lead-coated copper, that lasts for about 100 years, says Michael N. Litton, acting director of the Office of Physical Resources...