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...affecting story. In the effort to avoid being old-fashioned, to prove that the stage has an authentic voice beyond the naturalism commonly found in film and TV, theater directors often turn their backs on narrative or at least overlook basic flaws in the plausibility of characters and the logic of plots. They take, in effect, a rock-video approach to their craft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Love of Intrigue: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...lake, massage tables in the suites and Wynn's huge signature on the top of the building as understated, in Vegas terms, he's right. There are low ceilings, short hallways and lots of nooks that make the place feel intimate and isolated. In a radical break from casino logic, there is natural sunlight everywhere, and all the restaurants and bars have outdoor seating. The mountain shields the hotel from the Strip, so you feel as if you're separated from the insanity, even though it's just outside. It's like doing Vegas from a luxury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wynn's Big Bet | 6/20/2005 | See Source »

According to the committee’s internal documents and members of the committee, Pinker proposed a sequence of courses that would teach non-science concentrators about life sciences, physical sciences, and ideas of logic and probability. Committee member Louis Menand, the Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language, suggested a one-year course based on the great works of Western literature...

Author: By Allison A. Frost and Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: For Gen Ed Committee, Debate But Few Results | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

...frantic, amateur atmosphere, with a mostly maladroit cast (George Lopez lends some charm to the four roles he plays). The script, based on a notion by Rodriguez's 7-year-old son, creates a universe whose physical laws and narrative rules keep changing, thus sabotaging the film's internal logic. As Sharkboy says, "Looks like another dream gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: For Children of All Ages | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

RAFSANJANI We don't want to give the playing ground to the extremist elements. Those who persuaded me believed that a moderating current in charge in the country could improve our relations with the world. I believed in their logic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Charm and Defiance | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

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