Word: albeit
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...mendacious count in The Eagle Has Two Heads warns Stanislas that "We are not living in a fairy tale." As always, the count is lying. These character are living in a fairy tale, albeit it a twisted one. Just as Lynch perverts the myth pf small-town America, Cocteau turns the myth of European aristocracy on its head. This production is not perfect, but thanks to Benjamin's riveting performance, Hamel's subtle direction and some competent supporting actors, The Eagle Has Two Heads is compelling. And like any fairy tale or David Lynch movie, it is not easily forgotten...
...seem to extend to the other threechoirs on campus: The University Choir, TheHarvard/Radcliffe Chorus (HRC), and Choir inProgress (CHIP). The University Choir, which singsin Memorial Church on Sunday mornings, has thedistinction of being the only salaried choralgroup. All members receive a pay check for theirrehearsal and performance time, albeit onlyminimum wage. The trade-off is a somewhat limitedrepertoire. "Our music is basic church anthems,what every Protestant choir sings," says choirmember Kristine Haglund...
Only a few years ago, this happy ending would have been considered unlikely, if not impossible. While the progression of heart disease could be slowed and perhaps even halted by diet and drugs, surgery was apparently the only way to reverse -- albeit temporarily -- the damage from heart disease and restore a healthy blood flow. Now, for many cardiac patients, there may be a safer and much less expensive...
...have guarded their privacy. "This will be Jondalar's apartment building," she says. At Font-de-Gaume, a grotto of magnificent prehistoric artwork, she examines a painting of a wolf: "I have a feeling this will be Ayla's cave." It fits, since the adventurer travels with a wolf, albeit one she has trained to behave uncannily like a golden retriever...
...compared with the tales told by Kuwaiti refugees about looting, rape, torture, beheadings and other summary executions by Iraqi soldiers. That the outside world has to rely on refugees' stories to learn what is happening in Kuwait is itself significant. Reporters and photographers roam the Israeli-occupied territories, albeit with many restrictions imposed by the army, and report what they see and hear; they are not allowed into Kuwait...