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...himself been in a similar situation, said "he has more than earned the opportunity to enjoy life in a somewhat different way than being the president of Harvard allows...
...Aside from the somewhat indeterminate allusions to classical music, not a familiar melody was provided in the first set. Mehldau related that the compositions are all "untitled," perhaps suggestive of works in progress. This is not to say that the tunes were inferior, but indeed the trio seemed intent on making these songs as aurally esoteric as possible, with Grenadier's bass line rarely walking and Rossy's beat rarely metered. It never came off as pretentious, but nevertheless made for a challenging listen. Mehldau joked at the end of the set that perhaps only one melody would have...
...political overtones that make them seem several decades behind the production itself: governmental inefficiency, women's rights and the pretentiousness of fashion are all devices that have been bandied about, hashed and re-hashed since the 1960's. Kellerman's most innovative and, incidentally, funniest moments come from the somewhat fresher ideas of science and education. If they continues to refine their comic ideas, Kellerman and company will no doubt bring many M and W much laughter in the years to come...
...latest animated project from Disney combines the most recent technological advancements in character animation with real, albeit digitally enhanced, live-action backgrounds filmed in such bizarre sites as the Mojave Desert. The plot is typical and uncreative, yet sounds somewhat fantastic: a dinosaur gets separated from its family as an egg and is raised a by a group of lemur monkeys. The asteroid that supposedly wipes out the dinosaurs hits earth, and the dinosaur, who has been reunited with his kind, acts like a sort of Dino-Moses who saves the day with canny primate-know-how. Although there...
...hard to shake off accusations of political expediency and hypocrisy. After all, the moral absolutism of the pro-life position is difficult to square with the cold-hearted strategizing involved in picking a partner with opposing views. Then again, Bush has been careful to keep a somewhat fuzzy definition of his pro-life position. So don't be surprised to find him reverting to the kind of language he adopted prior to being reelected governor of Texas in late 1998: "The United States Supreme Court has settled the abortion issue: there will be abortion in Texas and the rest...