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...Forbess comes to life in Act II, going beyond the cartoonish aspect of Gilbert and Sullivan to portray Josephine as a character with emotion and intelligence. The best performance of the evening comes from Brian C. Polk ’09 in the role of the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., First Lord of the Admiralty, whose extended title reveals all you need to know about his character. Polk gives Sir Joseph a dynamic face and a manner of self-satisfied delight which, along with Sir Joseph’s firm belief that all Englishmen are equal, except himself...
...Holy Spirit boys sulked under a tree, offended that some Muslim girls had laughed at their Asian names. Some Malek Fahd girls were embarrassed by the physical intimacy between Christian boys and girls. In their hijabs and long-sleeved shirts, the Muslim girls must be feeling the heat. "No sir, I'm used to it," says a beaming 13-year-old. She chats about professional wrestling on TV, and like every other student assigned to this neatly-kept, lush park, moans about the pink rubber gloves they are obliged to wear. By noon, when it's time to board...
Friday, Nov. 17 wasn’t about selling a videogame system. Not to Sony, and certainly not to Chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer, charged with revitalizing the corporation. Friday was about mindshare—the term used in the corporate world to describe how consumers think about a product. Friday was about media coverage of the hundreds of thousands that are so enamored with Sony’s hardware that they are willing to camp out on the pavement or even take a bullet for the chance to own one. If you don’t believe...
...phone with those of us who were downrange, asking how things were going and what we needed. But [while they were serving], even some of the generals who later turned on Rumsfeld would give the answer they thought they were supposed to give him: Everything's fine, sir...
...that doesn't make a military solution to this disaster any more plausible. "You know, we're trained to complete the mission," a senior military officer told me. "And that's our reflex reaction, to come up with a can-do plan--'Here's how you fix it, sir!' But we may lack perspective now. The situation may be reaching the point of no return." Indeed, the best advice for the military to give the President at this point may not be how to "win" in Iraq--but how to withdraw creatively, how to limit Iran's influence...