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McNair seemed like a model citizen, a married father of four who was active on the Nashville charity circuit. But when he was found lying dead in his apartment next to his mistress, Sahel Kazemi, that happy portrait was cracked forever. McNair was shot four times; Kazemi also died from a gunshot wound. Authorities confirmed that the deaths were a murder-suicide committed by Kazemi...
Director Robert Ruggiero keeps his staging within Lerner’s outlines, which set designer Michael Schweikardt fills with color. To this portrait, costume designer Alejo Vietti adds a dab of earth tones. The men stride in fur-lined, verdant coats; the women frolic in pastel, summer dresses. But Vietti achieves his greatest efficacy in his simplest combinations. When Guenevere meets Arthur in a wintry forest, she dons a white cloak, highlighting her long red hair. The contrast accentuates Guenevere’s fiery passion—the reason that men find her irresistible...
...pieces, well-chosen, bold, big. I think the empire waistline is probably one of her favorite silhouettes. I think those are the biggest. There are other things that she has done consistently. She wears a lot of pearls, double-stranded pearls. She certainly did for her official White House portrait...
...overview of the term "judicial activism" and explains how it has been saddled with negative connotations since Marbury v. Madison established the court's power of judicial review in 1803. Specifics of the cases reviewed aren't available in the report, but the study nonetheless paints a good statistical portrait of what might be expected if Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice...
...lagoon. You step right off the boat at Cimitero, where the city’s inhabitants—born high or low—rest in peace. At first, the expected emphasis on decoration can be found in the multiple bunches of flowers and ribbons, the specially-posed portrait photos that flutter by the graves, and especially the family-commissioned tombs that boast mosaic exteriors or neoclassical columns...