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...this trope, but adults should. They?ve certainly seen it before: Armand trying to breathe life into the dying Marguerite Gautier, or Romeo trying to shake the poison out of Juliet, or Isolde going operatic over Tristan. The Fountain is essentially a classic deathbed scene, at feature length and sustained intensity...
...winning the 100 fly in 49.86. The meet ended with a flourish, as the crowd cheered the Crimson to victory in the 400 freestyle relay. Rathgeber and freshman Dan Furman swam the first two legs for Harvard, dropping the team behind Columbia by about an arm’s length. Bill Jones swam a critical third leg, however, pulling up on Columbia by the first turn and giving his team the lead entering the final leg. With the crowd behind him, Quinn swam a fast 45.48 anchor to edge out Columbia, 3:04.50 to 3:05.00, and put the finishing...
...divided listeners with its tinkling harp, surreal lyrics, and, above all, Newsom’s lilting, often childlike, voice. “Ys,” her sophomore effort, only accentuates her most challenging qualities—and in doing so achieves perfection. A mere five songs in length, “Ys” nonetheless stretches to almost an hour. Each song becomes a fairy tale, allowing Newsom to experiment with words in a way her debut album did not. Proving herself a master storyteller, Newsom’s fantastical, erudite vocabulary and haunting imagery are given context...
...such as Abizaid, who oversees troops in Iraq. But in a noticeable break with that tradition, Democratic Senator Mark Dayton, sounding almost like a jilted lover, openly questioned if Abizaid had been straightforward with the committee: "I always thought I could believe and trust you." Dayton then quoted at length from recent books on the Iraq War in which Abizaid in private reportedly contradicted his public upbeat support for the Administration policy in Iraq. Abizaid said he stood by his previous statements and testimony...
...meters The length of the Emma Maersk, the world's biggest container ship 45,000 tonnes The load of Chinese goods-toys, computers, decorations-carried by the Emma Maersk last week to Suffolk, England, in time for the Christmas season...