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...friend Jon's face, and he had the same open-mouth-lost-gringo expression that I imagined my face was showing. No one else seemed surprised by what they were seeing; a small boy drinking a Pepsi was staring up at me - as if I were a more curious sight than the man with a rooster in his mouth...
...Your first sight of Machu Picchu comes after you've passed the final checkpoint-the Sun Gate and its near-vertical flight of 50 stone steps. Spread before you, in the distance, is Machu Picchu's labyrinth of temples, terraces and plazas. This is where the descent into the ancient city begins-and, with luck, you will have arrived shortly before the last tourist bus departs (at 5:30 p.m.). That means you could have this astonishing, spiritual haunt virtually to yourself, in conditions of near silence. Now how's that for a sense of arrival...
...composer is the last person hired on a movie. He sees the rough cut and adds notes. But Leone had Morricone do his work first, then composed images to fit the music. That's one reason their Once Upon a Time in the West is an ideal meld of sight and sound. With a strong theme for each major actor (harmonica for Charles Bronson, clip-clopping whimsy for Jason Robards, a sweet symphony for Claudia Cardinale), the film is less horse opera than grand opera. It justifies the claim director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso, Malèna) has made for Morricone...
...following young couples, married or engaged, have taken a romantic plunge that remains foreign to many of their peers. But the experiences that led them there—late-night talks in freshman dormitories, commiserating over lab work, and even Internet flirtation—are as familiar as the sight of a tourist taking a shot of the John Harvard statue. FIRST IMPRESSIONSLuke A. Langford ’06-’07 and Amy L. Langford walk side-by-side into the Science Center’s Greenhouse Café. He kisses her hand as they sit down. Affectionate...
...unusual for Sadr to drop out of sight for long spells, and he has previously traveled to Iran without much warning. If he is there now, it would seem to confirm reports that the Mahdi Army is seeking to avoid confrontation with American and Iraqi troops. In recent days, militia commanders have said they had received orders from Sadr's office in Najaf to stand down...