Word: tenderize
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...encompasses six decades) is the fact that you stop noticing it. Despite their wrinkles and white hair, the older members of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange are every bit as graceful, dynamic, and expressive as the younger dancers, and the total impression made by the company is one of a tender, talented, welcoming community. The performance opened with “Preludes/Prayer,” a simple yet inviting dance which was choreographed by Peter DiMuro with contributions from the rest of the company. The second piece, “Ferocious Beauty: Genome,” is an excerpt from...
...announced a joint venture with Baltimore, Maryland-based Constellation Energy to promote its new generation of nuclear plant, and expects orders for four reactors once the technology is approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Even in nuclear-resistant Europe, official attitudes are shifting. Bulgaria is currently holding a tender for two new reactors; British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who last week hosted an international conference on climate change, has called for a debate about the future of nuclear power amid signs that the government may order several new plants; and in both Germany and Sweden, public debates are raging...
...will start building nuclear power plants again by the end of this decade," President George W. Bush announced when he signed the bill into law in August. In much of Europe, too, official attitudes to nuclear are shifting rapidly. Bulgaria is currently holding a tender for two new reactors. The British government is considering renewing its nukes. And in both Germany and Sweden, there's a big debate as to whether to reverse a previous commitment to shut down existing reactors...
...chaotic and premature elections, and to push for the adoption—and now implementation—of a hastily drafted constitution. These activities divert much-needed energy and focus from the more pressing task of keeping Iraqis safe.While political achievements might be of the kind of legal tender that can enable the administration to buy the support of more Americans for the war effort, such currency is hardly worth anything right now for Iraqis. What Iraqis care about today, more than anything else, is a clear strategy that can deliver security and put an end to the harsh reality...
...also impossible to contemplate these images without wondering about Degas’ relation to women. His bathers are beautiful, but they far from glamorous; sometimes their positions are awkward and unlovely. It’s an open question, Wolohojian says whether Degas’ depiction of the bathers is tender or something else—perhaps exploitative or cynical.In thinking about Degas’ relation to women, Wolohojian believes that it is important to realize that all the ballet dancers he depicts are women. “There were men who danced. Where are they?” Wolohojian asks...