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...musical’s opening scene sets the sinister tone that persists throughout the production. A soft drum ominously begins to pound, a heartbeat of foreboding that only Edgar Allen Poe could inspire. The lighting, formed of flickering lanterns and the soft green glow of midnight, calls to mind a dungeon, to greatly sinister effect...
...philosophical beliefs is so wide that it will open a Pandora's box for employers and give individuals a foothold to obtain six- and seven-figure 'jackpot' payouts," Doran says. "It is only a matter of time before an employee with a marginal philosophical belief will get a million-pound payout after his exceptional views were not appreciated by management or colleagues...
...made it a natural killing ground. But even so, the lack of foresight seems breathtaking. Bombers were supposed to have softened up the German defenses, but they released their payloads too late - they were worried about hitting the landing parties - and missed the bunkers completely. Rockets were supposed to pound the beach from offshore, but they fell short. The German defenses were practically untouched. "All it's done is wake them up!" one officer remarked. That the assault on Omaha succeeded is due partly to shelling from nearby destroyers but mostly to the courage and determination of the infantry. That...
When I reported my failure to Lauren Weber, author of In Cheap We Trust, she told me my whole plan was faulty. "Stay away from Ikea, stay away from the mall, stay away from Costco," she said. "How often do you walk in and walk out with 50 pounds of M&Ms?" She said some other useful stuff after that, but I was already out the door to go to Costco to buy a 50-pound bag of M&Ms. (See 10 things to buy during the recession...
...long as President Obama is unwilling to countenance a withdrawal in defeat, he may be tempted by the logic of an old British idiom on the metric of risk: "In for a penny, in for a pound...