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...nearest Heath Ledger fan. They are among the most charitable people in the world--forgiving, long suffering and loyal. How can you tell? Because they have put themselves through some spectacular duds on his behalf. (The Order, anyone? The Four Feathers?) Having captivated them as a rascally but tender heartthrob six years ago with teen catnip like 10 Things I Hate About You and A Knight's Tale, Ledger, 26, then virtually disappeared from the kind of movies they--and almost everyone else--enjoy. The chisel-jawed Australian is decent enough to acknowledge this. "I feel like I've never...
...most children have just graduated to watching “Sesame Street.” But by that tender age, little Jonathan A. Cohler ’88 had already traded in Big Bird for the big, bad world of the clarinet. Childhood talent matured into adult honors. Prior to attending Harvard, Cohler honed his musical skills just around the corner, under teacher Pasquale Cardillo, the principal clarinetist of the Boston Pops. In his first year at Harvard, Cohler won a fellowship from the world-renowned Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, becoming its youngest member. “Harvard...
...performance. Frankly, it would take a very stubborn and socially inept man not to immediately fall for Knightley’s Elizabeth, yet Darcy’s resistance is completely believable in MacFadyen’s reserved delivery. I am hard-pressed to think of a more tender moment in recent cinema than when MacFadyen’s hardened character finally does melt and confesses to Elizabeth the classic words, “In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire...
...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...