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...Frayn?s classic farce ?Noises Off? showed the performance of a play on stage, then from backstage, ?Democracy? reveals the public face of Brandt?s Ostpolitik and the inner scheming of Guillaume and the other top staffers, who are loyal but scarcely more likable. The you-break-my-neck-I?ll-break-yours pace stirs suspicions that the play is more bustling than profound. I prefer Alan Bennett?s two one-acters, ?An Englishman Abroad? (about Brit superspy Guy Burgess, who fled to Moscow after passing secrets to the Reds) and ?A Question of Attribution? (about Burgess? comrade in duplicity...
Almost every day my little girl climbs into her old man's lap and puts her little arms around his neck and lays her head against his chest and melts his heart like cheese under the broiler. She comes home from soccer and bursts into the house and cries "Daddy!" and runs and clasps his knees for perhaps four seconds, or three, and this is the Hallelujah Chorus and the Water Lilies at Giverny of parenthood. And sometimes she says, "I love you so much." This is so indescribably lovely that the old man feels dread in his heart: When...
...Kaplan had broken a clavicle and wrist in a motorcycle accident in 1997, and the stress of subsequently hunching over a console only made the aftereffects of his injury worse. After his first Thai massage last year, "I had more freedom of movement in my shoulders and back and neck than I'd had in years," Kaplan recalls. "The pace and tempo were brighter and quicker than in table massage. There was a quicker sensation of relief and release...
...their prey to get to the vital organs. Coolly, with utter confidence, a mature lioness--the oldest of the seven-member pride--approaches. A 3-year-old male tries to scare her off with a snarl, but she lunges at him, baring her teeth and biting at his neck. After a modest show of resistance, he retreats and, in a final display of submission, turns tail and slinks off into the sunset. She takes his place at the kill, tearing chunks from the giraffe's neck. A jackal watches from a distance, hoping for a few scraps when the lions...
...medal. Compete in one of the less popular sports--one-man flat-water canoe, anyone?--and the ultimate prize for athletic achievement could be worth little more than what you can hock it for on eBay. "It's not the gold medal where the value lies--it's the neck it hangs around," says Dean Bonham, a sports-marketing consultant in Denver who specializes in valuing sponsorship deals. To receive one of the rare seven-figure offers in Olympicsville, an athlete must have what Bonham calls a "magical combination" of superior performance in a high-profile sport, good looks...