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Surprisingly, the corps gave a stunning performance, particularly in the second act. Clearly well rehearsed and inspired, the corps was adept at ensemble timing and precision—especially during the pirouette sequence in the final moments of the ballet. Also striking was the professionalism of the children who made...
On Saturday night, Sanders Theatre featured a wonderful juxtaposition of the musical old and new. At 8:05 p.m., the theatre was filled, not with students, but with smiling and relaxed adults who came of age in the late 1970s. There was quite a bit of grey hair, a few...
Then, at the end of 1999, Putin took over. Since then he has ruthlessly reasserted Kremlin control over the energy sector and the media. The economy has bounced back, with growth averaging 6.8% and inflation coming down into single digits. Putin's most impressive achievement, however, has been to restore...
The interesting thing is, it's not a majority opinion. It's a concurrence, a separate statement that a lone Justice, Robert Jackson, cooked up to accompany the court decision striking down Harry Truman's plan for taking over the steel mills in 1952. But its elegant reasoning long ago...
Joseph Nathan Straus, 52, of Princeton, N.J., and a grandson of Nathan Straus Jr., is hardly surprised by the YIVO file's unveiling. Within his family circle, the efforts of his grandparents to help the Franks are widely known, he says. "Despite the efforts of individuals to do the right...