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...gender roles. In this case, “translate” was a loose term; the disgruntled Grecian housewives drive minivans with baby-on-board stickers and complain about husbands who don’t listen to their advice. The Harvard Classical Club did more than add verbal allusions to the modern housewife’s strait; the liberties they took with the original text extended to sequined dresses and the incorporation of life-like dildos. Although “Lysistrata” sometimes bordered on absurdity, the humor created an original adaptation that highlighted the timeless feminist undertones...
...closest friends at Harvard,” Ko said. “I feel like we’ve all bonded in that way. They are a great bunch. Everyone has their own personality, and it is interesting to have all of the different characters on the team that add up to form a whole.”The combination of this support, closeness, and skill has helped the players recreate their image and stay optimistic as they knock on the door of an 18th Ivy title. “We’re a totally different team than...
...remarkable. Using her body with the upmost precision, she successfully conveyed the essence of her part. While the technique of the dancers was exquisite, a fresher and bolder adaptation of the original ballet would have better served as celebration of the Ballet Russes. Although the choreography did at times add its own creative flair—with the passionate scenes depicting two ancestors fighting over the fate of the “chosen one” or the possessed movements of the pagan tribe as they come in contact with powerful ancestors—it seemed to rely heavily...
...Nikkei Brazilians, Peruvians and others who have lost their jobs go home, what will Japan do? Last week, Prime Minister Taro Aso unveiled a long-term growth strategy to create millions of jobs and add $1.2 trillion to GDP by 2020. But the discussion of immigration reform is notoriously absent in Japan, and reaching a sensible policy for foreign workers has hardly got under way. Encouraging those foreigners who would actually like to stay in Japan to leave seems a funny place to start...
...troops and escaping civilians; footage of the firing obtained by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was later released by the airforce. According to the Defense Ministry, Tigers also carried out three suicide attacks as the civilians began to flee across the frontline. Army sources in the capital Colombo add that the attacks killed 17 civilians - including several children - and injured 200. (Read a brief history of the Tamil Tigers...