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...Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder There he is, too, leaning on a railing beneath a blood red sky in Despair (1892), an obvious precursor to The Scream (1893). The howling stick figure of The Scream could itself qualify as a self-portrait under the liberating definition employed here by curator Iris Müller-Westermann. "He started painting himself when he was 18, and didn't finish being interested in himself until he died...
...Camden Yards, when Gaston, the American League manager, warmed up beloved Oriole Mike Mussina in the bullpen but then neglected to use him in the game. The next day, Baltimore fans were seen wearing tee-shirts that said “Cito Sucks,” clearly a precursor to more vulgar varieties of apparel that can be purchased outside Fenway Park these days...
...socialists frequently came together to criticize changes and policies we felt were anti-student. We were fierce, sometimes foolishly so, in our desire to be taken seriously by the powers that were at our school. Many high schoolers, even as they strive to get into a good college (a precursor to our current job obsession), cherish this spark of rebelliousness. Where does it go when we graduate...
...Abramoff and Rudy shared passions for sushi, racquetball and golf, and the lobbyist lavished sports tickets on the congressional aide. Two former DeLay staff members recall that Rudy would frequently e-mail Abramoff from inside Republican leadership meetings on a Motorola pager that Hill staff members carried as a precursor to their now ubiquitous BlackBerrys...
...dark memory will occlude the band's sunnier disposition - May 18 marks 25 years since Joy Division's lead singer Ian Curtis hanged himself. His suicide ended the short but revolutionary run of New Order's precursor. Formed in 1977 by working-class Mancunians Curtis, Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris, Joy Division embraced the social anger and energy of punk and took it in a different direction - improvising with electronic sound and synthesizers. The band was on the cusp of commercial success, but Curtis, an epileptic who was tortured by his failing marriage, took a sad shortcut...