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...faith-based social-service groups, a core piece of Bush's domestic policy, was very much in keeping with the self-help trajectory of his spiritual journey and that of millions of others as well. In a country in which Christian authors write diet books (to help you get Slim for Him) and addiction books (Holy Smokes! Inspirational Help for Kicking the Habit), Bush won broad support when he argued--to the dismay of church/state watchdogs--that drug-treatment and prison-fellowship programs that have good track records should not be denied federal funds simply because their methods are faith...
...Translation: it's got enough thrust to handle DVD-quality video. (The first crop of media players could move only music and still images.) The design of D-Link's device also sets it apart from the pack. Wide, flat and sleek, it looks like a very slim CD changer and stacks nicely on top of other stereo and home-theater components. Most other adapters we've seen resemble cable boxes or alarm clocks...
...three-hour show based on three weeks that Bausch and her 30 dancers spent in Istanbul, roaming the city's markets, back streets and waterfronts. Dressed typically in a classic black trouser suit, hair pulled back tightly into a bun, Bausch is still every inch the ballerina. Her long, slim fingers are rarely without a cigarette or cup of black coffee. Even after hundreds of sold out performances in the world's most prestigious venues, she is unable to eat or drink before a show. "I am always so nervous," she says, smiling. Her perfectionism is notorious programming just...
...musicians saw away at the original orchestrations - is a distinguished one. Jerome Kern's 1985 centenary cued four glittery restorations of his early Princess Theatre musicals at New York's Carnegie Hall. These were the shows (with book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse) whose Held-girl-slim plots, witty rhymes and gorgeous scores created the form of the Broadway musical comedy. John McGlinn's meticulous orchestrations, and showstopping turns by Judy Kaye, Jane Connell and Paige O'Hara, restored these wonderful old shows to life, not as quaint artifacts but as living examples of a musical theater...
...keeps his slim leather briefcase in a plush blue chair by his door, ready to run out to the many meetings that dominate his day, or to tread the familiar path to the offices of the mathematics department in the Science Center...