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...this modern maelstrom, yoga's tendency to stasis and silence seems at first insane, then inspired. The notion of bodies at rest becoming souls at peace is reactionary, radical and liberating. If it cures nagging backache, swell. But isn't it bliss just to sit this one out, to freeze-frame the frenzy, to say no to all that and om to what may be beyond it, or within ourselves...
...this modern maelstrom, yoga's tendency to stasis and silence seems at first insane, then inspired. The notion of bodies at rest becoming souls at peace is reactionary, radical and liberating. If it cures nagging backache, swell. But isn't it bliss just to sit this one out, to freeze-frame the frenzy, to say no to all that and om to what may be beyond it, or within ourselves...
...been said that we were reluctant to render assistance [by opening the hatches to take on survivors]. But with the swell and the surge at the edge of the submarine, we would have overturned the lifeboats. The sub was like a seawall. That is why we waited for the Coast Guard to arrive. Twenty-six were saved by the Coast Guard, but when the captain said nine more were still missing, it was as if my heart had been ripped out of my chest...
Oscar handicappers are already debating whether one Soderbergh film will cancel out the other?or reinforce it. The betting is that Traffic, as the more recent film, and far more ambitious, has a swell shot at the top spot. What's guaranteed is that Erin will get at least one award: a Best Actress statuette for Julia Roberts' showy, blowsy, smug, applause-truckling, wildly self-aggrandizing performance (which, by the way, we didn't much care for). Roberts will beat out the estimable Laura Linney, who won critics' prizes as the single mom in the indie drama You Can Count...
...vote, however, it appears that they no longer believe that they can achieve peace by making the concessions Barak planned to make, since that would sacrifice the essential character of the Jewish state. That is, if they were to allow Palestinians the right of return, Arab numbers would soon swell to match those of the Jews within Israel. Similarly, giving up Jerusalem would involve relinquishing control of many Jewish holy sites. By electing the radical Sharon as prime minister, they demonstrated their loss of hope at arriving at a viable peace plan with the Palestinians. They believe...