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Pullman is the author of His Dark Materials, a trio of fantasy novels that has sold more than 15 million copies since the first volume, The Golden Compass, was published in 1995. It has been turned into a radio drama and a hit London stage play. A movie of The Golden Compass, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, opens in the U.S. next week and will probably take its place in the pantheon of profitable fantasy franchises that includes The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter. But the most striking fact about Pullman's work...
...response syncopated clapping exercise. “Wow, did you pass that test beautifully. But I have one much harder!” he exclaimed.He described how on the first day of class, he would then give students exactly 12 counts to move from their seats to the stage, moving in any way they consciously choose, so long as their movements fit within the parameter of the given counts. “They begin the geometry of moving in control of the space they walk in,” he said. “That will carry through life...
Despite his role in hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union and bringing democracy to Russia, Gorbachev has emerged as a sometimes-ambivalent supporter of Putin’s largely successful effort in recent years to tighten his grip over Russian politics and assert his power on the global stage. The pro-Putin United Russia party is expected to win by a wide margin on Sunday, in large part because opposition parties have been prevented from participating in the election...
...everybody?" sings Mike to a crowd of around 200 children, five years old and up. "Including the one who lives under the bridge, under the heat of the sunshine, the ones that live on the streets. How are you?" The children sing along as they pile onto the stage. "Let's share the good and the bad times together!" Mike exhorts over the roar of their voices. It may be 30 years late, but for many of these kids punk is the best thing that has ever come to Indonesia...
...more important dimension of the contest will be how the candidates stack up head to head in a fiercely competitive race that has changed dramatically since the last time the G.O.P. hopefuls gathered together on stage...