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...STAM” was choreographed and performed by Karen Krolak to a poem that she also wrote and recorded. Krolak, wearing only a bed sheet which she held up with one arm, performed sinuous and sensual movements offset by the wild expression of her face. The dance successfully reflected the poem, which explored the paranoid and self-destructive feelings of the speaker, but was unimpressive in terms of actual choreography. More of a dramatic statement than an enjoyable work of art, the piece was dominated more by Krolak’s crazed facial expressions than her dancing...
...rest of the band (which includes two sets of brothers) pushed back and forth against one another to achieve an energy and sonic tension that both offset and accentuated the gloom of love and loss, matching the emotional rise and fall beat for beat...
...cover a specific set of material, but rather to teach students the skills required of history and literature concentrators. “This is a methods course,” she said. She added that this semester Hist and Lit offered a range of new seminars to offset the lack of a fall tutorial. Similarly the history department has added research and reading seminars, which are designed to replace the sophomore spring and junior fall tutorials. This year, Social Studies and East Asian studies are the only concentrations to offer full year tutorials for sophomores. Next year, the East Asian...
...gone out of him, but he's one world-weary 35-year-old guy. "Politics, man. It's so ugly." He shakes his head. "The Internet allows you to completely immerse yourself in the world of politics without ever listening to anyone who has anything to say that might offset at all what you believe. So you can become totally validated all day long. It's become polarized, and it's just money-raising and viciousness. I find it really depressing...
Many owners choose to charter their boats to offset the costs of yearly maintenance, which can run from $1million to $4million, as well as to keep their staff in top shape. "The best crew is a crew that is always working together as a team," says Mark Mitchell, owner of the motor yacht Sovereign. A well-trained staff knows how best to define what guests want out of a charter. They know how to quickly tweak itineraries and deal with demanding requests. "You'd be hard-pressed to find a resort that has the ratio of staff...