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...atmosphere of suspense and double-dealing. But although the plot twists are almost as absorbing as those found in “Bourne,” “Duplicity” has none of its novelty or conviction. While “Bourne” carefully develops layer upon layer of the protagonist’s character, “Duplicity” banks on the overdone spy archetype and a few flimsy love scenes to validate its guileful plot. The audience is supposed to assume that as spies, Claire and Ray jet glamorously around the world wearing stilettos...
...some ways it’s actually hilarious… I’m hoping that everyone else also finds it funny,” says Eve H. Bryggman ’10, who plays Meg. This particular production of “The Birthday Party” seizes upon Pinter’s vision of portraying the fine line between ennui and nightmare. “In conceiving the production, my goal was essentially to make it as Pinteresque as possible,” writes Matthew C. Stone ’11, the play’s director...
...likelier explanation for her sorrow. “My mother played this when she got the divorce papers,” she explained without inquiry. Stunned, I did what any human would do in my situation—I asked the manager on duty to put on That Funk. Upon exiting the ladies room, makeup comparatively less smudged, Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland” welcomed her back. A fortified smile quickly emerged over her still salt-stained face. Moving confidently to a full banquette, she plied a group of patrons to order another...
...continue to fulfill its mission to provide the best education possible to its students, then the troubling perception that the position of a more traditional, hands-on approach to art education has been rendered precarious by a move towards the theoretical must, at least, be brushed upon...
...Nobody saw this coming," said Mark Burnes, a State Department analyst who monitors Syrian affairs. "We knew that they were close to a deal, but the Israelis didn't tell us how close."... Official sources say that earlier that same morning, [Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu] had himself embarked upon an epoch-making visit to Syria, touching down in Damascus International Airport only six minutes after President al-Assad arrived in Tel Aviv...." [April Fools!] (Read about the top 10 April Fools' pranks in history...