Word: presention
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last: the steamy Justify My Love is performed in stately cadence and Edwardian morning coats. It might be the Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady. Nostalgia, as wispy as the scent of marijuana that permeated the SkyDome, is itself decadent. By highlighting the past, Madonna is saying the present has little to offer. In doing so, she is also forging a bond with her loyal gay audience. It is an axiom of pop culture that no uncloseted gay man can be a star but that women can be stars by appropriating gay motifs. Bette Midler steals gays' jokes; Madonna steals...
...since overthrowing President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991 appear to want a face-saving way out of the crisis they themselves sparked. The tale begins last Thursday evening. With visions of Somalia in mind, the staff of Haitian army commander Raoul Cedras drafted a ''letter of reconciliation'' to be presented to the U.S. What was offered, TIME has learned, contravened the key elements of the Governors Island accord signed in July -- the agreement that called for Cedras and Police Chief Michel Francois to resign. Aristide could return, the note proposed, but Cedras and Francois would remain in their posts, responsible...
...differences from the rest of Spain. They begin with language, for Catalan is no mere dialect of Castilian Spanish but a distinct language, closer to Provencal and Italian. They pervade the region's history, politics, folklore and sense of itself, from the 11th century down to the present day. Catalans like to think of their culture as both older than most of Spain's (Barcelona was a great medieval city when Madrid was mud huts) and newer as well -- the roof on which the rain of north European avant-gardes fell before its patter reached the rest of Spain...
...Pasoans are stating that this should have been done long ago.'' Motorists tied green ribbons to their aerials and flashed their headlights at patrol vans. Observed Fred Morales, an activist in the crime-ridden Chihuahuita barrio: ''The stabbings and shootings are down to zero. This is the best present we could ever get.'' No one was more pleased than the Border Patrol, whose new sector chief, Silvestre Reyes, devised the blockade and wangled $300,000 out of INS headquarters to provide overtime pay for 400 agents. The money ran out two weeks ago, but he is continuing the crackdown...
Although tourist attractions may have their merit, I have found commuting to be an indispensable experience. It is an activity that on the surface may seem mundane but continues to present new surprises. The Tokyo metro has given me an expansive look into the life of Tokyoites, and I never cease to be intrigued...