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Rehearsals of the piece span around two months, after which the dancers focus on cleaning and editing the routine so that everyone has the exact same timing and precise movements. Intense daily practices lead up to Nationals, which—according to the captains—are similar in atmosphere to the competitions portrayed in the 2000 film “Bring...
Before the guidelines for next January were made public last week, many groups had initially planned to develop activities that would span multiple weeks...
...late March, after most of his colleagues had split for the Easter holiday, Kaufman lingered on the Senate floor, waiting for his chance to address rows of empty chairs, a few pimple-faced pages and the C-SPAN cameras in his latest well-sourced broadside against the conventional wisdom on Wall Street and in the White House. "Unless Congress breaks up the megabanks that are 'too big to fail,' " he declared to an empty chamber, "the American taxpayer will remain the ultimate guarantor in an almost-certain-to-repeat-itself cycle of boom, bust and bailout...
...anticipation of the concert, the jazz band has been working to prepare the musician’s compositions that span the different moments of his career, including lesser known pieces from the Moody canon, such as “Phil...
...doubt following Obama's January decision to approve the sale of $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory. A month later, Obama met with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader accused by Chinese leaders of seeking Tibetan independence. In the span of a few weeks, the U.S. had prodded China on two of its most sensitive issues, prompting an angry backlash, including a suspension of some high-level military exchanges. Beijing also refused to even discuss U.S. proposals for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. (See pictures of the mysterious...