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...last week's preview performances of Love - the new Beatles show staged by the Montreal theater troupe Cirque du Soleil at the Mirage resort in Las Vegas - a distinguished-looking gent with an elegant manner and Toscanini mane gazed raptly at the proceedings. He swayed his long frame to the songs, clapped along with "Hey Jude" and, when a huge bed sheet whooshed up from the stage to eventually cover most of the 2,000 spectators, lifted his arms with an eager reverence to touch the fabric, as if it were a gigantic Shroud of Turin...
...possible scenario is that one night, with the lights out and roads down, there could be an opportunity to stage a commando raid of some sort on a suspected hideout, if one can be located. Still, nothing much is clear right now, aside from the threat looming over Gaza - and the already fragile state of Israeli-Palestinian relations...
...United States, while not flawless, is a profound force for good in the world. Theodore Roosevelt led a reluctant nation, largely indifferent to world affairs, onto the global stage. On his watch, America became a great world power. "There comes a time in the life of a nation, as in the life of an individual, when it must face great responsibilities, whether it will or no," he said in 1898. "We have now reached that time. We cannot avoid facing the fact that we occupy a new place among the people of the world ... Our flag is a proud flag...
Students remembered his devotion to their well-being; his time-honoured fire safety speech, delivered to every cast that performed on the Agassiz stage, became a tradition in the theatre community...
...Alan would take the stage to raucous applause,” said Lurtz. “His experience with fire safety was legendary and his concern for the safety of all students and audiences in the space was phenomenal...