Word: shined
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...Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber first produced their gorgeously cynical opera about Eva Peron--reimagined through the eye of director Alan Parker and the flesh of Madonna. The take is dense and studious, an aptly conservative adaptation of a pop classic; it lets the score seduce and the star shine. Madonna, who is up to the vocal demands of the role, makes Eva--sexual predator, social climber, queen of the Argentine, would-be saint--an appealing character in a cautionary fable. The moral: celebrity needs suffering and early death as its price and consummation...
...suspicious when I took my place among the crowd in the Leverett Old Library to watch "Hair" this weekend. I remembered "Hair" from high school, too. The cast painted flowers on the audience members' cheeks and they had us all join in a rousing rendition of "Let the Sun Shine In" at the finale. We were all temporarily transported to a really hip drug culture-- that is, before we all raced home to meet curfew. In short, that production was atrocious. Not even restoring the school-censored nudity would have saved...
...council without factions, Kaplan says, will restore its credibility and allow the talents of its members to shine...
...time consuming, both in understanding the issues beforehand and in casting a vote. Being locked into a certain place to vote or the complications of absentee balloting are still obstacles. For the 57 years we have been married, my wife and I have exercised our voting privileges, rain or shine, but we were sorely tempted this election to forgo that right. The numerous propositions and initiatives, the widely differing backgrounds and experience of the candidates and their claims and counterclaims were intimidating. If we don't increase voter participation, we are heading down the path to autocracy! WILLIAM A. DIXON...
Mueller had long taken great pride in being a "little guy." He was among the hundreds of thousands of enlisted people in the U.S. military whose work enables the stars to shine. Born in Germany, he became an American citizen shortly after marrying Rosa, a Texas woman, in 1977. He loved playing and coaching soccer and making fishing lures with his two sons, Daniel, 15, and Marcelo, 11. Before his trial, numerous colleagues, including two F-15 pilots, submitted letters praising Mueller's skill and integrity. Captain Christopher Foster, an F-15 pilot, wrote that he would "feel completely comfortable...