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...Martini after the show, and she told me that burlesque was an American folk art, the dance equivalent of jazz. There was something mesmerizing about the ability of these performers to transform the act of taking off their underwear into an event. It wasn’t just the shock of the nudity. I had assumed that hidden panels of Velcro would enable a dramatic baring of all available assets. Instead, each of the three burlesque performers shimmed their panties over their hips with a prolonged, deliberate awkwardness. They didn’t let the audience forget that what they...
...keep us dry. But in doing so, we’ve developed a device whose idiocy and clumsiness outstrips any of the chilly miseries of rain: the umbrella. The scientist Robert Oppenheimer, on witnessing the destructive power of the atomic bomb he had a hand in inventing, uttered in shock, “I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” One wonders whether Samuel Fox, creator of the modern steel-ribbed umbrella, said anything similar...
...effect against armored vehicles in Iraq. U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood said on January 31, "There is no question that elements of insurgency have received weapons from Iran." The discovery of the first caches of Iranian-made weapons in Afghanistan in April, says a State Department official, "sent shock waves through the system." Iran was doing more than just bringing western Afghanistan into its sphere of influence...
...Little Surfer Girl I was in utter shock after reading Lev Grossman's "Girl Meets Game" [Feb. 11]. At a time when we are worried about teenagers on MySpace, Grossman talks about how great it is that his 3 1/2-year-old daughter can entertain herself on the Internet. Sure, the sites he mentioned are innocent, but inappropriate content is just a click away. Grossman would have served readers better if he had mentioned Internet search filters. Better yet, he could have stressed that the best way to entertain a young mind is by reading books. Jody Weissler, CEO, Childrensbookradio.com, Woodland Hills...
...rival Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. Until August, the Mahdi Army and the militia wing of al-Hakim's movement, the Badr Brigade, were engaged in a running struggle for influence in southern Iraq, competing for control of everything from gas stations to sacred shrines. The Karbala incident seemed to shock both sides into cooling tensions. But the recent statements suggest the agreement is unraveling. If so, it could draw U.S. troops back into conflict with the Mahdi Army as they work to support Iraqi security forces...