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...spit on post-modernists. I stomp on them," she said, dramatically stamping her foot. "They can all go to hell...
...consumers we must work to limit suffering by consuming responsibly and insisting that the institutions into which we pour our money act responsibly. Sweatshops are bad and we should do our best to punish those who strive to profit from the suffering of others. But rather than striving to stomp out each individual sweatshop, we wonder if we shouldn't search for the root of the problem. In all the sweat-free flurry, it seem that we have forgotten to ask why sweatshops exist...
Peevish Henry Adams, who lived across the square from the White House and was always dreading that the President might stomp over for breakfast (T.R. thought nothing of guzzling 12 eggs at a sitting), tried to formulate the dynamic theory of history that would explain, at least to Adams' comfort, why America was accelerating into the future at such a frightening rate. His theory was eventually published in The Education of Henry Adams but makes less sense today than his brilliant description of the President as perhaps the fundamental motive force of our age: "Power when wielded by abnormal energy...
...part of the female dancer. Next comes the Chinese (tea), with two lead dancers accompanied by eight little girls with parasols; then a Marzipan shepherd and shepherdess, with four adorable little girls as sheep. The Russian variation is always the most exciting, as the five men jump, stomp and cheer in fine style; the lead Russian on opening night, Christopher Buzdinski, wowed with his amazing jumps and consecutive flying splits. Mother Ginger and the eight Polichinelles under her skirt are another favorite, as the four boys and four girls pair off into kissing couples and dance their way into...
Fortunately for those who can't make it to the show, Stomp seems to be proliferating into a cultural phenomenon: you might check out its website at http://www.usinteractive.com/stomp/home.html. The page includes, charmingly enough, a section for teachers and children on teaching about sound and rythm in the classroom, linked from the Museum of Science. Or you might look up Cresswell and McNicholas's sound-track from the Showtime movie Riot, or their composition on Quincy Jones's album Q's Juke Joint, or the upcoming public-television special...