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...Venezuela, Chávez's weak political opposition is gleefully playing and replaying video of the summit exchange - especially delighted that the King used the informal, less respectful form of Spanish to address Chávez. They'll no doubt hope to use it to erode support for a raft of controversial constitutional reforms Chávez wants - including the elimination of presidential term limits - before a Dec. 2 referendum. Still, Chávez has come through past diplomatic outrages unscathed - in fact, just weeks after calling U.S. President George W. Bush "the devil" at the United Nations last year...
...justifies the purchase of a ticket. Some funny and semi-poignant moments redeem the uninspired “Fred Claus” content, sort of. The all-star team—Giamatti, Bates, Weisz, Richardson, Spacey, and Vaughn—delivers strong, impassioned performances, especially in light of the weak dialogue and story line they’re faced with. Vaughn’s interactions with an orphan boy named Slam, played by Bobb’e J. Thompson, stand out as particularly cute with a capital K. “Fred Claus” is not a movie...
...Democrats have hardly noticed the turn in Republican thinking on health care, in part because the Republicans seem so weak right now. But the Democrats have already started to emphasize how incremental and unthreatening their plans are. In the months to come, look for them to start accusing Republicans of being radicals who want to end health insurance as we know it. The accusation will be true...
...SINGLEHANDED CHAMPIONSHIP Across the country at the University of Washington, Kovacs and Watson represented the Crimson in the ICSA Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded Championships this past weekend. Although Friday’s races were pushed back a day because of weak winds, the Harvard sailors pulled through, with Kovacs capturing fourth place and Watson ending in ninth. Tallying 96 points over the two-day contest, Kovacs ended 30 points behind the regatta’s top finisher, landing him in the same place he finished the tournament last year...
...Although beautiful moments occasionally flickered across the stage in “The Art Room,” they—like the sketches illustrating characters’ thoughts, that were projected on the back wall during the show—were generally too brief, too pale, or too weak to make a forceful artistic statement. This is partly due to Aronson, who adapted the play from a farce by Georges Feydeau, and his efforts to cram social commentary into a coincidence-driven comedy. The lack of proper comedic timing on the part of director Renée L. Pastel...