Word: lukas
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...voice," conceded Vladimir Djeric, a top Yugoslav foreign ministry official. These are critical days for the region. While the worst of the Yugoslav wars may be over, the next two months bring a flurry of elections that will test the lingering clout of nationalists and hard-liners from Banja Luka to Belgrade. In Macedonia, where elections are set for Sept. 15, hostilities have already broken the surface calm. In the past two weeks, a pair of Macedonian police and two ethnic Albanians have been killed and five Macedonians kidnapped (and later released) in what locals believe is an attempt...
...Only one character manages to make sense of the suffering, a pilgrim named Luka, brilliantly played by Kieran Fitzgerald '03, who drifts into the inn in the first act and out before the fourth. Luka preaches a doctrine of benevolent suffering in the face of rampant injustice. Luka guides some of the drifters to dream of a better life in a distant future and of helping people in the present instead of drowning in cold, hard realities. Fitzgerald's Luka is gentle and his good humor is radiant. Even with a shock of blond hair he cuts a better wizened...
...With Luka and Peppel out of the picture, the fourth act suffers from lack of direction. This was partly Gorky's intention. Satin (Nick Meunier '02) picks up the slack by translating some of Luka's wisdom into a sardonic wit more accessible to many of the drifters. The cast, however, has a bit too much fun joyriding, which takes away from the impact of the pointed suicide...
...crews we race in the spring season will be there and so this race will tell us how well we need to do," said senior Luka Djunic. "Since Brown won Eastern Sprints last year, it is the team to beat...
...There was a strong direct tail wind, which pushes the boat to go faster," said junior Luka Djunic. "The rowing conditions weren't all that good, but we rowed well enough to take advantage of the tail wind...