Word: maidens
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...tourism has been booming - it quickly rebounded from a brief slump after Sept. 11 - and the country's rapid economic liberalization has multiplied the options for visitors. Deluxe accommodation ranges from meticulously renovated Ottoman mansions to modern luxury hotels. A classy evening meal can be enjoyed at the renovated Maiden's Tower, which dates from the 6th century, or Changa, an oasis of minimalist chic serving up award-winning fusion cuisine...
Unfortunately for theater purists who refuse to miss anything, it doesn’t end there. The Miracle Worker goes up at the Adams Pool in October, Deathtrap is performing in early November at Winthrop House, and Death and the Maiden performs at the Pool in November as well. The Triumph of Camilla is performing at the Fogg Museum Nov. 19-22, and The Heiress (Leverett Old Library) performs in December. If that isn’t enough, make your reading period more enjoyable with The Two-Character Play and Fiddler on the Roof...
...same name), who relates the history of Trachimbrod, the East European village where his ancestors lived. Trachimbrod is a lyrical, fairy-tale creation, a Yiddish idyll of the Fiddler on the Roof variety, inhabited by randy, gossipy villagers like Bitzl Bitzl the gefilte-fish monger, and the melancholy maiden Brod, the narrator's great-to-the-fifth grandmother, who precociously enumerates 613 varieties of sadness by the time she's 12 years...
...same name), who relates the history of Trachimbrod, the East European village where his ancestors lived. Trachimbrod is a lyrical, fairy-tale creation, a Yiddish idyll of the Fiddler on the Roof variety, inhabited by randy, gossipy villagers like Bitzl Bitzl the gefilte-fish monger, and the melancholy maiden Brod, the narrator's great-to-the-fifth grandmother, who precociously enumerates 613 varieties of sadness by the time she's 12 years...
...tops and thigh-baring miniskirts. Though some will grumble that the film’s conclusion undercuts its empowering message (the triumphant heroine returns home for marriage and traditional filial piety), Mulan nevertheless represents a clear break from the Snow White archetype of a helpless, male-dependent maiden in distress...