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...officials, that remains a tough line to swallow. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, al-Sadr's behavior has ranged from irritating to intolerable. Details of al-Sadr's personal life are a closely guarded secret: he is thought to be in his mid-30s. He is married and has children, although his aides won't disclose how many. He bears a name revered by Shi'ites all over the world: al-Sadr's father and uncle were influential and popular ayatullahs murdered by Saddam's regime. Muqtada was a virtual unknown in Iraq until the U.S. invasion...
...SURPRISED YOU'RE STILL WRITING GREAT BOOKS IN YOUR MID-70S? How old are you? UM, 36. Ah, yes, well, that's a 36-year-old question...
Sarabia is only the latest of a long line of Latin dancers, especially Cubans, who have joined top U.S. and European troupes, infusing them with a new warmth, sensuality and flair--what in Spanish is called chispa, or spark. There have been individual Hispanic stars before, like the great mid-century ballerinas Alicia Alonso of Cuba and Lupe Serrano of Chile. But now rosters from San Francisco to Houston to Cincinnati are studded with Latin names. Roughly half the principal dancers in the Boston and Miami City ballets are Latins. American Ballet Theatre (A.B.T.) features so many that...
...Pressure or no pressure, Yodok will open in Seoul in mid-March, Jung says, adding that he expects it to be a commercial success: "I believe South Koreans do care and are interested in prison camps." So optimistic is he, in fact, that Yodok, the musical, is the first part of a planned trilogy. And after that, who knows: perhaps a song-and-dance version of the six-party talks...
...energy that’s required for the front end of the weekend, and we put a lot of energy into it.”WELL-OILED MACHINEThe Princeton offense kicked into high gear against Harvard, as the Tigers made 25 baskets without hitting a single mid-range jumper.Princeton finished the game with 13 threes and 12 layups, as the Tigers shot 63 percent from the field. The 13 Princeton treys came on just 19 attempts (68 percent) in what was the Tigers’ best offensive performance of the season.“A team like that is tough...