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...Overall, one of the most striking qualities of the performance was the Yings’ ability to express themselves through their music alone. They relied almost exclusively on a deceptively delicate touch in playing their instruments to relay the full effect of the pieces, and minimized the vigorous head-shaking and body-swaying that too often overshadows the actual music in other performances. Each member of the quartet, as well as Fan, displayed an acute awareness of each other, and struck a balance between cohesion and self-expression...
Denzel Washington added a touch of “Crimson Tide” to Harvard yesterday. The Academy Award-winning actor arrived on campus yesterday morning to look at possible sites for future films. Director of the Harvard Foundation S. Allen Counter and Robert P. Mitchell, the director of communications for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences led him on a tour around campus. “He was looking at sites for future possible films,” Counter said. “He really admires the place.” Counter did not specify which of Washington?...
That's because the French political class is woefully out of touch with the populace, says Bayrou, adding that this malaise has seen French voters turf out the incumbents in every parliamentary election of the last 25 years. He lists further symptoms. Extreme-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen reached the second round of the 2002 presidential elections and is running strong now too. Jacques Chirac, the outgoing President, found common ground with his Socialist opponents to promote the proposed European constitution, which was nevertheless voted down in a May 2005 referendum by a huge majority. Strikes and riots regularly...
...seen a dramatic movie. One of you is still choking back sobs. The other has eyes as dry as the Gobi. The unmoved one says, "I can't believe you were so gullible as to fall for that pap." The teary one blurts out, "If that film didn't touch your heart, maybe you don't have one." Relationships have sundered on this primal wrangle: whether or not one surrenders to the thrall of a movie weepie...
...from last year’s championship squad are still wearing a Maryland uniform, and all five are averaging double figures in scoring. Junior center Crystal Langhorne leads the team in points and rebounds with 15 and eight per game, respectively, while sophomore guard Kristi Tolliver has a deadly touch from outside as the nation’s second-most-accurate three-point shooter...