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...designed by Mollie M. Kirk ’07-’08) does a fine job of evoking the different time periods covered in “The Mineola Twins” with spare, but effective furnishings. The lighting (designed by Mary E. “Ellen” Stebbins ’08) is particularly impressive during dream sequences for each of the twins, skillfully creating a sense of disorientation...
...push to encase as many U.S. troops as possible in MRAPs is raising some vexing questions. Because there are so many suppliers and different designs, the Pentagon is buying 16 different kinds of MRAPs, each with its own requirements for maintenance, training and spare parts. The MRAPs, up to five times as heavy as the Humvees they are replacing, gulp a lot more fuel - fuel that gets to them inside thin-skinned tanker trucks that must travel Iraq's IED-laden roads...
...fallen to the most degrading level. Brian has stood by him through the years, doing what he can to keep him alive. His widow, Audrey (Halle Berry), invites Jerry to the funeral and then, unaccountably, invites him into her and her children's lives. She gives him a spare room and does her best to help him go straight. At which point the film turns into a more or less typical addiction story. Jerry seems to kick his habit, then relapses, then?But why go on? We've been here before and the possibility that Audrey may even be drawn...
...looped percussion tracks. On “Jigsaw Falling into Place,” Yorke sings, “What’s the use of instruments? / Words are a sawed-off shotgun.” There’s the usual amount of vocal retouching, but his spare lyrics are more point-blank then they have been in recent memory. They’re almost unfailingly ambiguous, yet they get deep beneath the skin—at least ours, if not his.“Weird Fish/Arpeggi” features the line: “Your eyes / They...
...Chen continues to talk, her design begins to materialize into a sexy black top and high-waisted A-line shirt. The revived flowers, decorating a wide lace train, pull it all together. Finally, by 11:45, Chen is done—with a mere but appropriate 15 minutes to spare...