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...scaffolders, embracing film, education, site-specific installation, technology and dance. But his first commitment is to the cutting edge of performance. "How can we use the body to understand who we are?" he asks. Entity doesn't provide all the answers, but its profound strangeness speaks eloquently of the passion with which he embraces the question...
...there is something about Watson’s unrestrained passion that is so contagious, and something about his dogmatic but moral purpose that seems so noble, that it is hard to entirely condemn him. One can certainly disagree with his violence (he stressed that despite his many violent acts he has never injured or killed a person, nor been convicted of a felony), and worry about his judgment (several crew members have alleged that Watson’s bravado risked their lives...
Then there's her old standby case based on experience. Clinton believes Obama's support is largely a mirage--a bunch of true believers whose passion might help him cinch the nomination, but that may prove an insufficient bedrock for winning a general election when the spell might be broken by tough questions about national-security credentials, economic-policy plans and rich experience. She can't stop from shaking her head in disbelief when longtime friends who are elected officials inform her that they are going to endorse Obama and were chiefly convinced by their children's enthusiasm...
...school pride—wearing Carolina-blue sneakers and leading Tar Heels cheers before basketball games—and her dedication to helping others, even complete strangers. Her friends and school administrators say that the greatest memorial to Eve would be for others to emulate her spirit and passion, and to follow “the Carolina way,” a mantra that defined both her life and her school’s commitment to service. And although I only knew of her through a friend, the idea of this memorial has become very resonant to me, especially...
...revolution is ebbing. Congressman Paul's new campaign finance report shows that he's raised nearly $35 million, including more than any other Republican candidate in the fourth quarter of 2007, and he's inspired remarkable passion among the kind of diehards who hold up campaign signs on highway overpasses and post irate comments on obscure blogs. But the presidency isn't decided on YouTube or Technorati. Paul didn't win any Republican primaries, and he recently conceded that "victory in the conventional sense is not available...