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...what staging physics would be like through dancing, [and] sound video,” Davies says. “It’s about taking an equation that you can write on a wall and making it into something that you can hear and see and even sometimes touch.” In order to realize this goal, the play incorporates many forms of media, such as video, trapeze, and dance. “It’s also an incredibly beautiful show. There’s trapeze, video… it’s very lush...
...officers likely to adjust offers made to families who are merely anticipating a change in circumstances. What if that looming layoff never materializes? Instead, financial-aid officers recommend waiting until the worst comes true - and then getting in touch. Pronto...
...come in contact with them, and Man of the Moment (1988), his acidic satire of a former criminal turned media star - so prescient about the distorting mirror of reality TV - and Wildest Dreams (1991), his chilling black comedy about addicts of a Dungeons & Dragons - style fantasy game who lose touch with real life. Then the wait, often in vain, for a New York City production (his work turns up more often in regional theaters) or the dismay of seeing it done poorly by American actors...
...some of the banks did not pass their tests, the federal government stands ready to help them if private investors are not. At this point in the history of American financial markets that means that the government will be stuck with the check. No one else is going to touch a bank that the Treasury says is faltering. But, Geithner says that he has the money left in the TARP to cover such a contingency, going so far as to say that conservative estimates would allow him to get by saving the banks without asking for more capital from Congress...
...phenomenon is akin to the exhaustion of self-control - that is, one act of self-control weakens your ability to commit to another. For example, people who never touch a drop of alcohol during the week may be more inclined to go nuts on weekends, or someone who successfully resists buying a new jacket one day may be twice as likely to spring for a pair of shoes the next. As with all behaviors that seem hardwired into us, the best solution - maybe the only solution - might simply be to remain vigilant...