Word: warriors
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...brand was born in 1992, when the group became an underground sensation by developing an urban-gangster-as-warrior persona based on old kung fu movies (RZA's passion). Wu-Tang has since evolved into a hybrid of Pokemon and Dungeons and Dragons, prepackaged for suburban teens and complete with video games, comics and, coming soon, animated films. It's all embodied in Wu-Tang's stamp of approval: a Batman-like chubby...
...took Reagan's ardent campaigning for his Vice President to push Bush Sr. over the finish line. If Gore gets over his desire to keep the President at a distance, the Happy Warrior is ready to roll. On his way to meet Hillary in Queens, Clinton stopped at the Jackson Hole diner for its renowned Burger Deluxe (peppers, onions and mushrooms with a side of fries), signed a T shirt for a waitress's daughter and posed with everyone from grill man to busboy to fellow patrons. He dropped three quarters in the jukebox, selecting Elvis' Don't Be Cruel...
...India, La Bayadere depicts the love story between Solor, a renowned warrior, and Nikya, a temple dancer. This performance features the petite Larissa Ponomarenko as Nikya, with Yury Yanowsky in the role of Solor. Although the couple is well-matched, they lack polish in their pas de deux, with shifty landings in their lifts and a lack of sustained movement that sometimes overshadows their individual technical brilliance. The absence of an emotional connection between the couple also seems to underscore the technical faults. Still, Ponomarenko enthuses with her fluid, well-placed positions, displaying long, beautifully shaped arabesque lines that defy...
Complications settle into the plot during the latter part of the first act when the Rajah gives the hand of his daughter Gamzatti to Solor in reward for his success as a warrior. Although he loves Nikiya, Solor does not feel that he can refuse the wishes of the Rajah. As Gamzatti, April Ball takes the stage with exceptional presence, bringing to the performance clear, insightful mime and impressive theatrical and technical versatility. Without dancing a single step in the first act, Ball holds full command of the stage, developing the dimensions of Gamzatti's struggles as a woman...
Kingston has had her main successes in prose writing. Her 1976 book, The Woman Warrior: Memoir of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction that year. The novel dealt with the challenge of growing up with American and Chinese culture. China Men, published in 1979, received the National Book Award...