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Regardless of theme, each room is a riot of color and a welcome alternative to more staid boutique hotel competitors. Catering to well-heeled fashionistas, the hotel welcomes "little pets" like chihuahuas, and the three-night vip Shopping Package comes with 15% discounts on top-end labels such as Jean-Paul Gaultier and Lancel...
...because Samuels rejects a structure that would flatten out the ridges in the absurdity of American reality, he often meanders and digresses; some essays don’t seem to fit in the book’s overarching theme at all. While reading the essay about Super Bowl XL in Detroit, I was not at all sure how describing Stevie Wonder as a “playful, gigantic black baby who has absorbed all terrestrial sounds and language in a single gulp” or Aretha Franklin as a “300-pound mountain of congealed hurt?...
...said Daniel P. Schrag, an earth and planetary sciences professor and the director of HUCE, who introduced Cischke. “But nowhere is energy more immediate to our awareness than in the automobiles we drive.”This emphasis on collaboration across all spheres was a theme that resonated in Cischke’s speech. She stressed that a commitment to sustainability is a choice that we all have to make.“Addressing climate change and energy security issues will require the involvement of all stakeholders,” said Cischke. “[In addition...
...spite of a few lengthy scene changes which throw off the show’s momentum. The chorus also gets to sink its teeth into the show’s many variations on “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd,” a jittering, melodic, gothic theme that drives what is surely one of the best opening scenes of any musical.One of these variations, in particular, sticks in my mind. Three tenors, in spot-on close harmony, stretch the theme’s muscular second half into a single, eerie legato line, singing, “See your...
...Chinese acrobat dolls still spin plates, the Scandinavian dolls are still platinum blond, and the Africa section is still dark and jungly. According to Joe Lanzisero, creative senior vice president of Disney's "Imagineering" division, the ride is as relevant as ever. "This is such a universal theme - seeing the world through the innocent eyes of children. Could you think of another time in history where that message is more needed?" he says. "It's a message that's timeless, and it's a message that's now. It needs to be heard...