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MADAGASCAR Crisis Deepens The standoff between President Didier Ratsiraka and opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana threatened to split the island, as the opposition declared a parallel administration in Antananarivo and government supporters proposed relocating the capital to Toamasina (Tamatave) in the President's heartland. With army support also divided, a second O.A.U. delegation flew in to mediate the crisis triggered by disputed presidential elections in December. The public appeared to ignore a government declaration of martial law two weeks...
...DOES THEM BEST For women, the layback spin is the showpiece, and both Hughes and Cohen are flexible enough to lean back with shoulders parallel to the ice while stretching their free leg into a perfect "attitude" position, up and away from the body...
...WHAT JUDGES LOOK FOR In the layback, an arched back and well-placed free leg with the knee and foot parallel to the ice. Points are deducted for spins that are not centered or for failure to complete the specified number of rotations. In the short program, judges start counting the required eight turns once the skater assumes the full layback position. In the long program, the preparatory windup rotations are counted toward a total of six turns. Combination spins, in which the skater changes body position and sometimes even the spinning foot, are required elements in the short program...
Girl movies go against the grain of the recent Hollywood norm, which is that guys rule. To synopsize the prevailing wisdom: movies are about revenge; TV is about reconciliation. Reconciliation is also the theme of the typical girl movie; it traces parallel paths of self-discovery and fence mending. (A Walk to Remember and Crossroads have about a dozen of these I-forgive-you-oh-no-let-me-forgive-you-first scenes.) Audiences trained to expect a climax of bloody or comic revenge have to settle for hugs and smiles and maybe a tear. To enjoy these films...
...years, students have been urging masters to develop a tutor evaluation system parallel to Harvard’s course evaluation system,” Co-Master James C. Ware said...