Word: staging
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...Bedrosian's study, however, which involved 107,000 women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer, most women did not obtain a survival benefit from preventive surgery in the unaffected breast. Only a specific group of patients - women under age 50 who had early-stage cancer (I or II) and tumors that were negative for the estrogen receptor - saw an increase in their chances of surviving to five years. That increase was small, just 4.8%, compared with women who did not have preventive mastectomy. Further, less than 10% of the breast-cancer population fits these criteria...
...instrumental talents in the show are also not to be missed, as the orchestra boxes on the right and left sides of the stage contain a single bongo drummer in each, thus engaging the space beyond the main stage with the work’s pounding African heartbeat. The orchestra is best appreciated on intensely percussive numbers like the sinister song “Be Prepared,” and in brief, yet beautiful interludes which usually accompany transitional movement scenes...
People in Port-au-Prince call Junon Brutus "Soeur Junon" (Sister Junon), describing her as a prophet and a messenger from God. Her crowning moment thus far came on Feb. 12, when Brutus, 42, stepped center stage to face thousands of arms waving in unison, reminiscent of the pulsating energy during Carnival performances. The gathering was not a celebration but a lamentation marking the one-month anniversary of Haiti's earthquake - a disaster that many in Haiti believe Brutus predicted. But she thinks her country can rise from its travails. "God always has a plan for his children...
...starch-white shirt with bodyguards enveloping him, Préval arrived at Champs de Mars and shared the stage with Brutus. He addressed the thousands of camp settlers and participants and said he shared the Haitian people's personal loss and grief. "It's not a President who's speaking before you, but a father who has lost a child," said Préval. "On Jan. 12, I was walking on bodies in the streets, and I didn't have words to speak." Indeed, Préval's stunned, almost speechless reaction to the earthquake brought much criticism...
...part of a future government, it could usher in a crisis of credibility in Dutch politics, says Ko Colijn from the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael. "The outside world does not understand Dutch politics at the moment," Colijn says. "We will lose credibility on the global stage...