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...prolonged intermission, at which point some of the audience left. With a smaller crowd to cheer the dancers on, and feelings of restlessness to combat, the second act could not match the vitality of the first. The dancers nevertheless displayed impressive talent. The performers in “Spirit, Rhythm, and Soul,” choreographed by Liz C. Michaud ’09, moved gracefully to the music of Aretha Franklin, Kanye West, Dusty Springfield, and Ray Charles. The contrast between the soul music and the ballet-infused choreography made for a beautiful piece that was complemented by warm...
...pages), the most prodigiously daring and imaginative young writer in Britain brings his formidable gifts very close to home. In his first novel, Ghostwritten, in 1999, David Mitchell, now 37, invented the planetary novel, in a way, by setting nine stories in eight countries and describing a single spirit that ran through them all like a fuse. In his third novel, 2004's Cloud Atlas, he turned the postmodern book inside out by setting pieces in six different ages and voices, then doubling back (a little too fancily perhaps) to explore the idea of "eternal recurrence." In his new, most...
...oligarchs over the masses.) Even in the inner city, Opus is unabashedly less interested in identifying with the poor than turning them into the middle class. Bohlin jokingly distinguishes his members from "some Franciscans with holes in their shoes, driving a crummy car because of their sense of the spirit of poverty...
...dared to hope that she might be an omen of a great future. Her dramatic flight from a vacation in Kenya at George VI's death to take her place at the head of the royal family beside the Queen Mother and revered Queen Mary gave the British spirit a lift even in the midst of their bereavement...
...good enough for me.' I have no quarrel with this sentiment at all, so long as it is not used as an excuse for stagnation . . . but do not forget that the great position of British industry was won when we led the world in inventive imagination and the spirit of adventure." The Queen Is Leaving. Like most young couples in the early years of their marriage, the Queen of Britain and her husband are engaged in a friendly struggle for domination in their own affairs, but Philip is no Prince Albert (who once complained, "I am only the husband...