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...umpire inspect Robinson’s pitchers in all the likely places, such as: the palm of the glove, the bill of the hat, the inside of the thigh and, most commonly, the back pants pocket.Further evidence as to the prevalence of foreign substances amongst pitchers is the decisively odd lack of action taken by the opposing manager, Tony LaRussa, against Rogers. LaRussa did not ask the umpires to search the 41-year old pitcher, even after several of his hitters appealed to him to do so. LaRussa later commented on the situation to media, saying, “Pitchers...
...flesh coloring and the size are odd for Stuart and the whole expression of the portrait is different from that of the Stuart original,” Evans wrote in an e-mail...
...Indeed you can't. Last Saturday night the celebrations started around 6 p.m. as the light of the day faded and families gathered, first for a prayer and then to begin the fun. The odd explosion had been heard across the city in the days leading up to Diwali, but that was nothing compared to the noise that was unleashed as darkness set in. It seemed as if every person in Delhi simultaneously lit a fuse, stood back and waited for the explosion. Color and light shot up from parks and neighborhood streets, from backyards and rooftop terraces. Those...
...Prism" could be forgiven for thinking that Aboriginal art now occupies the center. Here, prominent non-Aboriginal artists such as Piccinini, Rosemary Laing and Fiona Hall, for once, become the minority. But because of the quietly considered way the pictures are hung, the Aboriginal upstaging appears neither jarring nor odd but perfectly natural. In this way it reflects both the heightened interest in Aboriginal art internationally, and its growing impact on the mainstream at home. As Tillers himself notes in the exhibition catalog, "It is impossible today for an Australian artist not to take Aboriginal art into account, into serious...
...distinctly Chinese theme. Playing over a sustained drone from the cellos and pentatonic bird-calls from the violins, his solo was a stark contrast what would be expected. Gandelsman had bent a note here and there during the piece—his first cadenza had sounded slightly odd, though not oriental. These bent notes had the effect of building to this mid-concerto, multi-cultural moment, in which Mozart and the Zhou dynasty cross. The rest of the program was more traditional Chinese music. The second piece was an arrangement of “Wine Madness?...