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While the troupe’s aim may be clear, the definition of the word “Asian” is not. Not only does the troupe perform a variety of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean dances, but it also represents and attempts to explain a variety of sub-groups in Asia, as well as divisions within Chinese culture itself...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: East is East, West Is West; Twain Meet | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...think that’s a huge reason Harvard people perform well at these schools,” he said...

Author: By Alexandra C. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Rowers Battle in England | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...lakes and amusement parks. But then The Shins moved on to a number of serious, high-concept tropes, including Communist penguins (“So Says I”), sad origami cows (“Pink Bullets”), and most recently, a grade-school play in which children perform gory historical scenes (“Phantom Limb”). The Shins must have figured they couldn’t make things any more bizarre, because with the video for their new single “Australia,” they’ve returned to the mundane. Director Matt...

Author: By Benjamin C. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: The Shins | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...main ideas, and as the show progresses, the girls are literally taking off their sequined, red chokers and their garters, and just throwing them on the ground. By the end, they’re just in stark black and white. With their previous experience—Quinn performed and staffed plays throughout high school, and Camero brings a strong musical background—the two have been able to play to their own strengths and to those of the cast. Quinn: I’ve performed in a bunch of community theater shows, and I’ve done crew...

Author: By Lee ann W. Custer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Patrick H. Quinn ’10 & Juan D. Camero ‘10 | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...Brien, he wielded the word "actually" like a stick. "Well, actually, that's not the approach I've got at all, Kerry. I've just got a healthy regard for what state governments actually do. I used to work for one. I actually understand the critical role which they perform." His private bullying of editors and media proprietors has already come back to haunt him. There's insecurity, too. Rudd is quick to inform people that he knows about life on the land, about bushfires and milking cows. "I grew up in the bush myself," Rudd is fond of reminding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Radiant Art of Doing A Kevin | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

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