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...this precision and attention given to every detail that makes each moment purposeful and meaningful in the production. These details give “In the Heights” a sense of being a living city, complete with the innumerable intersecting lives and storylines of the actual New York...
...After that, we were told to be sure to really take in the moment and enjoy it," Palfrey said Tuesday in a phone interview. "Carrying the torch is something that you're doing for other people, and it's something that few others will ever have the opportunity...
...years ago, while I was embedded with U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan, my humvee convoy stopped in a small village. It was just the moment that the gunner on my vehicle had been waiting for. His grandmother back home in Kentucky had sent him a package of hard candies "for the Afghan children," and he carried them on patrol. As the curious village children crept closer to the parked humvees, he started tossing out the treats. The children were delighted and responded by running closer, cheering, waving and flashing thumbs-up signs. It was a charming moment. The children were...
...deep was, I'm sorry to report, a myth dreamed up in the 1970s over several pints at the Tavern of the Seas by a group of bored Cape Town news reporters keen to test the gullibility of their readers. The experiment succeeded beyond their wildest expectations. From the moment they ran they story, the papers were inundated with reports of sightings from readers, and the Sub became its own living myth. Cape Town newspapers ran stories about the apocryphal beast well into the late 1980s. Since poor Mr. Skinner's death, the papers and police have been swamped with...
...November 2008, gunmen believed to be part of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba unleashed a similar commando-style raid on Mumbai over a three-day period, killing about 170 people. Analysts say the timing of Monday's attack was also key, as it came at a particularly vulnerable moment for Karzai. In an attempt to turn the tide in the fight against the Taliban, he is expected to unveil a new plan next week in London to offer $1 billion in incentives - including jobs, education programs and other social benefits - to fighters to encourage them to come over...