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...With Your Best Shot” to a classical piece that plays under the prologue. In the same vein, self-parodying gags like the announcement of each character’s entrance in the final scene with a spotlight, a theme song, and a pose are wonderfully funny—especially because they play off the tone and conventions of the era’s plays...
...most persuasive of the photographs. These works carry the exhibition and instill a sense of mild but persistent wonderment.“Merchant’s family and young bride” (1923) is another captivating photograph. Four members of a Mongol family appear dressed in their finest pose outdoors, the young bride rearmost in a 2-by-2 formation. While the other faces are rendered in a murky orange-brown, hers is painted with snow-white makeup and cherry-red lipstick. Together with a shimmering light blue jacket, her brilliant image springs forth from behind her mother and sibling.Tucked...
...proceedings called for Barnett to ask Cho if he would volunteer to seek mental health treatment. Court records indicate Cho refused that opportunity and instead demanded a hearing. That same day, Barnett heard from a doctor who said that while Cho was mentally ill, he did not pose a threat to himself or others, and that Cho had denied any suicidal ideas. Barnett won't discuss Cho's case, but court records show he nevertheless was concerned enough about Cho's mental illness that he issued a court order stating that he was a threat to himself. He also ordered...
...Segolene Royal, this year's Socialist contender, is running second in the polls behind conservative front-runner Nicolas Sarkozy of Chirac's Union for a Popular Majority (UMP). Striking a pose of tranquility and confidence, she never explicitly invokes the prospect of a repeat of her party's ignoble 2002 debacle. But her partner, Socialist Party Secretary Francois Hollande, put it bluntly a few days ago: "If the left is to be position to rule the country, people have to vote for Royal in the first round...
...said. “Legalizing marijuana would be guilt by association. Opening the door to marijuana is opening the door to even more questionable drugs.”Lecturer on Law in the department of psychiatry James Bakalar, a longtime friend and collaborator with Grinspoon, agreed that legalization could pose problems.“The process of making marijuana readily available would be too difficult with too many obstacles,” Bakalar said.Grinspoon, however, is more optimistic.“Legalizing marijuana would put an effective drug on the market that is cheaper than most prescription drugs...