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...disappointments, Xavier never gave up. Father Olavo Vello Pereira, who helped organize this year's exposition, says: "To contemplate Xavier is to look at fire. That zeal and that enthusiasm, it's mesmerizing." In Japan, which he was one of the first Westerners ever to visit, Xavier's amiable manner and learned discourse is credited with helping open up the nation to outsiders. In India, he is revered by Christians, Hindus and Muslims alike as Goencho Sahib, a healer of the sick, a bringer of good fortune and?his legend taking a more modern twist?one who can bless...
...plays. She puts forth the model of other performing arts colleges, in which during the first two years students would not be allowed perform, but would instead focus on training and learning about skills. The last two years would be the time to put on performances. In this manner, not only would students be given an intensive exploration of technique, but the competition for performance space would be diminished...
Smiling proudly in his humble manner at the conclusion of Sunday’s show, Corea seemed elated by the highly receptive audience. But perhaps this satisfaction was due to more than just a successful performance. Perhaps the distinction between To the Stars and Corea’s previous work is its motivation. Corea says that To The Stars represents the marriage of three of his greatest passions: “My passion as a composer/performer, my passion for the Elektric Band as a perfect orchestra, and my passion for L. Ron Hubbard as the ideal artist...
...report confirms the extent to which the Bush administration has so decidedly set out to deceive its own citizens. In February 2002, President Bush publicly ordered that the prisoners at Guantanamo be treated “humanely and, to the extent appropriate with military necessity, in a manner consistent with” the Geneva Conventions. In recent months, American officials have cited the presence of Red Cross observers to deflect criticism for Guantanamo’s lack of accountability and transparency. But Tuesday’s New York Times article, which revealed some of the report’s findings...
...manner that supersedes all his other works, right and wrong do not factor into the logic of this film. Instead, it confronts head on the major paradox of American wartime mentality: the exalted value of the individual in contrast to the bottom-line importance of the greater good...