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...presence of U.S. troops after the U.N. mandate governing their mission expires at the end of this year. If an agreement is not reached, or a new U.N. mandate not issued, U.S. troops may be confined to their bases as of January, raising the specter of a possible security vacuum. (See pictures of U.S. troops' 5 years in Iraq...
...presented with a sinister portrait of a family dissolving before our very eyes, and what we see is a world turning in on itself and collapsing into the vacuum of oblivion. What remains is the proof that the very notion of self-identity is a sham. The only thing missing from this ambitious interpretation of Mac Wellman’s play “The Hyacinth Macaw”—is subtitles. Yes, they would have been much appreciated.Director Marcus Stern, an Associate Director at the American Repertory Theatre, oversaw the play’s original 1994 production...
...calorie count cards as a terrible idea at the outset. First of all, the cards were often riddled with errors. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to believe that fried potato wedges are rendered void of calories in the magical vacuum of Annenberg, but when one regularly encounters such fabulous claims they become increasingly difficult to believe. Furthermore, they were often gauged in ridiculous units—14 ounces of pita bread, anyone...
...Research has shown that diet habits students form today will be highly influential on their behavior for the rest of their lives, which underscores the urgent need to end this information vacuum. HUDS has noted that it will still display nutritional information in the dining hall kiosks and online, but what busy student could be bothered to search the Internet when trying to decide how many samosas to grab...
...adorn subway corridors and street posts.The political implications are clear, but whether a stunt like this helps or hurts Obama’s image is another issue altogether—one that English doesn’t seem to care much about. He presents his work in a vacuum, for his patrons to contextualize how they will; the image itself is without textual footnote, be it to clarify or confuse its meaning. At the height of his fame, Simon Hantaï retreated from society, afraid that society wanted to wrest his work from him. Today, Ron English and artists like...