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...sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden whooped and cheered from the moment Uno appeared with the other hounds on the night of Feb. 11, and he ahhrroooed right back, bouncing along, working the ring, his tail sending a draft through the hall. Judges, like all political professionals, are clear-eyed, hardheaded, immune to cute and charisma. Was there the curse of condescension toward a breed that has ranked among the top 10 most popular dogs in the U.S. for nearly a century? The saluki was elegant and urbane; the Plott hound tough and tireless. Dogs, however, are judged...
...respectively. In Saturday night’s performance, Cavallaro overcame her illness to deliver a strong performance with her emotive facial expressions. Kapusta enhances the humor written into each of his scenes by masterfully contorting his countenance—which drew repeated laughs from the nearly sold-out crowd. All the actors on stage use the natural chemistry between them to enliven the material and make Mozart’s 18th century opera relevant to the 21st century.Tying the direction, set design, and acting together is the live orchestral music that John M. Sullivan ’09 guides...
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright excoriated President Bush’s foreign policy in front of a sold-out crowd at the First Parish Church on Monday evening. She said she had never “seen the world in such a mess” and referred to the United States as a brand that has been “severely tarnished...
...true that Sunday's sold-out match at Camp Nou, like all games between the two teams, will be heavy with symbolic meaning. Barça and Real Madrid are long-time rivals, and not just because they are the two most successful teams in Spanish soccer history (and currently sit in first and second place in the standings). If Barça was a symbol of dissent to the Franco dictatorship, Real Madrid was the regime's - and the Generalsimo's - favored team. (Santiago Bernabeu, the former club president for whom the Galácticos' stadium is named...
...last week. No, not in the form of some Iran-backed coup d' état, but as a stand-up comedy team made up of three Americans of Middle Eastern descent. (They couldn't find a funny North Korean.) On the last leg of a regional tour playing to sold-out venues in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, they arrived at the Casino Du Liban outside of Beirut with a certain sense of relief. Lebanon was the only country that allowed them to perform their routine with expletives undeleted - no small challenge for a modern American comedy...