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...though, was not waged against Turkish tyrants or English rivals. Smith met his match in a smoke-filled lodge of bark and skins, when he was captured and made to stand trial before the most powerful man in Virginia, an aging Algonquian chief the English knew as Powhatan. He wore a raccoon cloak, long strings of pearls and was attended by women, warriors, shamans and priests, Smith wrote, recalling that Powhatan projected "such a grave and majestical countenance as drew me into admiration to see such state in a naked savage...
...shock wore off, and the adrenaline drained away, the strain of being patient and resourceful and strong has begun to wear on people. "All the public mourning seemed to delay the private mourning," said Robert Trent, a professor at nearby Radford College, who sang with his Virginia Tech friends in the church choir Sunday. "People put on a brave face, and it's reasonable that they would react that way. But now it hits them, and they should be allowed to have these private moments...
...production of “Cabaret” had the potential to be great, but it never quite got off the ground. There were moments, such as at the end of the first act, when it seemed like it would—but that potential dissipated as the show wore on. And wear on it did, causing some of the audience to skip the second act altogether. Despite the many merits of the show and its actors, after the emotion abated from the touching last scene, I was left with nothing but the empty feeling of mediocrity by which...
...Seung-Hui was the mystery hiding in plain sight, a man who wore a hat and sunglasses inside, a student with no Facebook page. Talking to him, said English department head Lucinda Roy, "was like talking to a hole. He wasn't there most of the time." Even students who had lived with him knew virtually nothing about him; the simplest conversations--Where are you from? What's your major?--got a monosyllabic response. A "hello" was a big deal. They never heard him talk about weapons or killing or violence--because he never talked at all. "We just thought...
...prompting prompting publicity director Carmen P. I. Collyns ’10 to demand, “Why didn’t you audition for the show!” Gunawan, who says he admires Jude Law’s “street” approach to suits, wore layered button-down shirts with a suit jacket and tie, while Paik was attired in a neat V-neck sweater, stylishly distressed jeans, and bold black-and-white sneakers. “I don’t really give a fuck what people think,” insisted Paik...