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...even in her heavy shoes. The Casterbridge Children, the youngest group involved, were also impressive. They held their own with the adults while harmonizing perfectly and performing old-fashioned comedic skits about animals.In addition to the acting, the fashions of the characters also made quite a statement throughout the show. Bonnets, capes, shawls, top hats, and vests were abundantly on display; all actors were impeccably clad in plain, plaid, and floral patterns.The production’s truly carefree live music was provided by the Mellstock Band and Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble. From oboe beats to clarinet trills, the players...
...first reports that Caroline Kennedy had withdrawn her name came early Wednesday evening, and they touched off a frenzied effort by her camp to deny it. Her terse statement, issued shortly after midnight, cited unspecified "personal reasons" for her decision to notify New York Governor David Paterson that she no longer wanted to be considered for the post...
...Because most of our terminal masters people are unsupported,” he wrote in an e-mailed statement, “it may be that the economy would reduce the affordability of graduate education...
...determined to uphold our commitment to existing Ph.D. students; that is to guarantee full funding for the first five years of their program,” said Jo Rae Wright, the dean of Duke’s graduate school, in an e-mailed statement. “Our primary allegiance is, of course, to our current students...
...Obama is now the President of the United States. He came to us as the ultimate outsider in a nation of outsiders - the son of an African visitor and a white woman from Kansas - and he has turned us inside out. That he leads us now is a breathtaking statement of American open-mindedness and, yes, our native liberality. Even before his first act as President, and no matter how he fares in the office, he stands as a singular event in our history. (See pictures of people around the world watching Obama's inauguration...