Word: surrounds
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...Ming and Oscar, take a retrospective look at some of the irresolvable issues that surround life and love in relation to their dissolved relationship. Exploring cultural identity and sexuality, A Language of Their Own takes on the familiar love story with a new slant. With an already rare look at the issues revolving around contemporary Asian American life, Language takes everything a step further by probing into the little-explored gay Asian American community. Building upon experiences common to everyone, the play aims to move its audience on a whole new level. "While this is a play set among...
Cane fields still surround the plantation, and Madewood guests might easily imagine that they are members of an old-time Southern house party. All eight bedrooms boast fine canopied beds and spacious bathrooms. Guests may also stay in the three-bedroom Charlet House. At night everyone gathers around a huge dining table for a candlelight repast of gumbo or other Louisiana dishes. They may then move on to the formal parlor for coffee or gather on the veranda for a chat...
Perched on a hilltop in southwestern Virginia, the Oaks garnered its name from the seven historic oak trees, now more than 300 years old, that surround the Queen Anne Victorian house, built for a bride in 1889. Its gardens unfold along Christiansburg's Main Street, once part of the Wilderness Road forged by Daniel Boone, today close to the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway and a rails-to-trails bicycle path...
...Urbania tells the story of Charlie (Dan Futterman), a gay man still mourning the loss of his lover several months before. The film follows Charlie through the bleak New York streets which surround his home, cleverly setting the action on the night when clocks are turned back an hour for Daylight Savings time. It's a storytelling trick that will grow into a powerful metaphor as the film progresses, intensifying the conflict between Charlie's grief and his anger at his loss...
Still, cosmetics firms believe that vitamins could be effective if scientists could find a better way to get them into the skin. An option is to surround the antioxidants with a protective coating that doesn't release the vitamins until they are deep in the epidermis. Estee Lauder is using "photosomes," which pop open only when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, in its Re-Nutriv Lifting Serum (available in November). Another approach, favored by Osmotics of Denver, depends on transdermal patches to allow vitamin C to soak directly into the skin...