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Perhaps you would create a shrine to Beavis and Butthead...
Ending a 32-day standoff, occupiers of the holiest shrine in Srinagar surrendered to surrounding troops of the Indian army, following an agreement with government negotiators. After three days of interrogation, authorities released 35 of the 65 detainees from the shrine, describing them as innocent civilians; some claimed to have been brutalized while held by the security forces. The other 30, identified by police as Kashmiri separatists, remained in custody...
...revival per se. Indeed, it's usually regarded as a positive sign when the commercial theater finds room for Hamlet or The Master Builder -- although even Rodgers and Hammerstein did not confuse themselves with Shakespeare and Ibsen. The pleasure can be the same whether the effort is a shrine built to the original, as in 1990's unimaginative but impeccable reproduction of Fiddler on the Roof, or a piece of fey revisionism such as 1992's cartoon reconception of Guys and Dolls, which turned into the hottest ticket in town and helped spark this season's spate. Sometimes a revival...
News of his death sent a sick seismic thrill through Generation X. The entrance to the shuttered Viper Room quickly became a Phoenix shrine, with flowers, candles, photographs and poems placed near the spot where he fell. Around the country young people mourned. "I was surprised at how surprised I was -- how much it affected me," notes Paul Lauth, 25, a Miami courier. "His acting was natural, unaffected, real." Some regretted the loss of great Phoenix roles: "I felt he got cheated and I got cheated," says John Pinto, 25, of Chicago. Other fans suspended belief. "I was waiting...
...poked only their very tips above the water. At the Kirkwood Athletic Association complex in Kirkwood, Missouri, only the dugout roofs could be seen above the water covering baseball diamonds, and a nearby golf course looked like a series of small green islands lost in a sea. At the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rivers in St. Charles County, a statue of the Virgin Mary appeared to be dancing on the waves...