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...write an original play sometime in the future. And, if new discussions for a movie of Midnight's Children bear fruit - Rushdie says one Hollywood studio is sending people to see a preview of the play in London and another is reading the script - he might even resurrect his long-dormant acting ambitions: "I shall insist on a role!" In the meantime, he's looking forward to the opening at the Barbican. "I love the new possibilities that an audience will bring to the work," he says. "Midnight's Children has been read by lots of people individually...
...decided that I would resurrect the tea that I had enjoyed,” Gomes explains...
...these problems—whatever they are—are resolved, perhaps a man with the right blend of character and competence can resurrect Columbia football...
...disappointing to discover that Von Hagens is better at self-promotion than performance. It's hardly an exaggeration to say that the corpse had more charisma than Von Hagens; a little more sensationalism would have been welcome. But while Von Hagens might not be the ideal person to resurrect the public autopsy in all its histrionic glory, his performance was a reminder of how the practice helped feed one of Europe's greatest periods of intellectual fervor. Even though we were there to record the scandalized reactions of the crowd, many journalists spent the night craning to look at parts...
Elected mayor of Istanbul in 1994, Erdogan banned alcohol from city-owned cafes but also managed to resurrect a failing freshwater supply and clear the trash from the city's cobblestone streets. Rusen Cakir, Erdogan's biographer, stresses the politician's provincial upbringing and working-class values. "Unlike Erbakan, who was a spiritual father," he says, "Erdogan is more familiar, like a brother." Aslihan Dede, 21, a student journalist wearing a Muslim head scarf in Istanbul said last week, "He is one of us." He is also, says Cakir, a pragmatist: "He is Muslim, but he is looking...