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...result of ham-fisted attempts made to restore some of its ancient structures with modern materials. Other developments, including an unsightly viewing tower and a nearby golf course, have also been controversial. Perhaps it's just as well that their impact is diminished when seen from the sky. Bagan's beauty is undeniable during these spectacular, 45-minute flights...
What would the most advanced, most forward-looking, most self-assured country in history do without its periodic crises of confidence? In 1957 the Soviets put a tin can into space, and the U.S. thought the sky was falling. In the 1980s we began crying into our soup because Sony was selling so many nifty Trinitrons. "American decline" was all the fashion until the vaunted Japanese model of tight organization and industrial planning took a nosedive and a bunch of twentysomething Americans tinkering in their garages created untold wealth and took over the world...
...whom he met at Harvard. Together, they created Oxingale Records, the label under which he released his strikingly imaginative recording of Bach’s Six Cello Suites, replete with an exuberant cover photograph of Haimovitz in a wheat field, triumphantly lifting his cello to the sky. In an interview with The Crimson, Haimovitz discusses his grassroots musical approach. The traditional career path of a concert cellist was not fulfilling—instead, he says he seeks to push the boundaries of his musical genre. He describes coming of age when the classical music industry was in crisis...
...beauty can be a bit much. The cinematography and score of “The New World” are beautifully done, and Kilcher’s exquisite acting shines, but the film remains unsatisfying and static.The constant pans of sunsets over rivers and birds rising into a gray sky get dull after the first few times they appear. Even the understated quality of the interactions between Pocahontas and Smith appear a little contrived. After all, what two people really maintain a relationship by sitting and staring at each other in loving silence?Malick attempts to convey his message about...
...high. That means Einstein?s trick of light is almost certain to yield others. So while this isn?t quite the discovery astronomers have been hoping for, it?s a signal that finding a close twin of Earth may not be too far off - or too pie in the sky...