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With the focus of the day on Moore's creation, all that was missing was Moore, who has sworn off Hollywood adaptations of his comics since his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen flopped as a film in 2003. "I see there is an elephant in the room," said Gibbons. "I wish Alan could feel the same excitement and joy I'm feeling. I wish he hadn't had such a bad experience in the past...
...homo- and heterosexual varieties. Even if you never read the book, you will recall from the 11-part TV version of the 1980s how the infinitely sad young men and women of the story are bedeviled by the conservative Catholicism of the Marchmain family tradition, while we passionately wish for them to shake off its shackles and follow their various sexual impulses toward happiness...
...wish Barack Obama luck - if it's him, France will be very happy," Sarkozy responded to a question asking whether his ebullient praise of Obama was an endorsement. Referring to his initial 2006 meeting with Obama in Washington while Sarkozy was preparing his run for the French presidency, the Frenchman recalled, "There were just the two of us in the room, and one became President. Now it's up to the other to do likewise...
...Amarillo, Texas, agrees with Rogers on Bible literalism. But Moore would allow some leeway in interpretations made by those on the S.B.C. payroll, and his followers at the meeting fumed about threats to Baptist adherence to individual interpretation of the Bible. Rogers responded that Baptists can believe what they wish, ''but those who work for us ought to reflect what the great majority of us want taught.'' The moderates intend to keep fighting on, convinced, as one put it, that ''religious dictatorship cannot halt biblical scholarship.'' Moore insists that when lay Baptists realize what is happening, ''you're going...
...early quartets of Op. 18, in which Beethoven explored and exorcised his Haydnesque roots, or the five late quartets, in which he boldy ventured where no composer had gone before. The Stuttgart-based Melos Quartet offers cleanly phrased readings distinguished by flawless ensemble. If the listener could wish for more tonal opulence in a brooding work like the E Minor Quartet, Op. 59, No. 2, it is hard to argue with the precise articulation of Op. 59, No. 3's whirlwind obstacle course of a finale. As a bonus, the recording includes a sprightly performance of a quartet that Beethoven...