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...anyone. There is a reason he was elected president with flying colors, a reason he has a 66-percent approval rating while the party of his opponents, the GOP, polled its lowest approval rating this week in the 25-year period the question has been asked. Obama spoke at length of the Czech Republic’s history and road to independence, flawlessly pronouncing the Czech phrase for “Velvet Revolution,” the movement that ousted Communism from the country...
...think it’s really good for the team to see us winning in both boats.” The varsity eight overcame an early Georgetown lead during the first 250 meters and used the middle 1000 meters to open up the lead by more than a boat-length. From there, Radcliffe never looked back, crossing the finish line a comfortable 6.4 seconds ahead of Georgetown with a finish time 6:22. “Both boats stayed really composed and rowed a really good race and showed all the work that we put in this season...
...explores the notion of identity, a crucial focal point in existentialist theater, while provoking a wide range of emotions from the audience.“The Birthday Party”, written in 1958, is one of Pinter’s most popular pieces, as well as his first full-length play. Like other existentialist plays, the story is secondary to evoking emotion and provoking an audience reaction.The play opens in the dining area of a boardinghouse in a coastal area of England, and immediately launches the audience into the dull lives of Petey and Meg, its proprietors. The entrance...
...Bromst,” the second full-length, commercially distributed album by Dan Deacon, should come with a Surgeon General’s Warning. Deacon’s noisy arrangements are sure to cause headaches, blow out eardrums, and send true indie-electronic fans into a blissful state of sensory overload. This bundle of noise is, surprisingly, the Baltimore-based musician’s most accessible album to date. After six years and numerous independently-released records, Deacon appears to have realized that a few tracks with vocals and clear pop melodies can increase an album’s popularity?...
...career of a successful director. The short film is the cheapest and most consumable form of creative output that an aspiring director can produce—an opportunity for young filmmakers to play to their strengths and capture the imagination of the gatekeepers between themselves and their first feature-length films. It’s also the medium to which auteurs have the luxury to return after a career of successful feature films—an opportunity, perhaps, to experiment with scripts and styles that wouldn’t necessarily sustain a feature or that better suit a shorter narrative...