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...After a string of disappointing series of inconsistent recordings, Van Morrison's new release is true to its title. Despite voice problems that plagued his previous album The Healing Game, Van Morrison has returned in full vocal force with a powerful compilation of songs. Although not one of his more upbeat albums, this is not one of the more depressing either. Van Morisson simply creates a mellow, romantic mood perfect for relaxing after a tough...
From a student's perspective, the preservation of the outside of the chapel can be viewed only as positive. The short, elegant building on the corner of Kirkland and Quincy Streets breaks up the string of modern buildings like the Science Center, the Design School and the monstrously tall William James. The neighborhood would lose a good deal of character if the chapel were demolished, and that long walk to Vanserg just wouldn't be the same without...
Kissinger's pragmatic, realpolitik approach may have made intellectual sense, but his lack of feel for America's idealistic impulses ultimately contributed to a string of failures: Congress's unwillingness to support South Vietnam after America's withdrawal; the controversy over "secret" assurances of support that Kissinger had given Saigon; the assault on detente with Russia by both liberals and conservatives; and the crazed congressional probes of the CIA oddly abetted by its director, William Colby. Kissinger doesn't go so far as to admit he was wrong, but he does concede that "I underestimated the impact on the public...
...hips, dyslexia and (can you hear the Rocky theme music yet?) was nearly kicked out of his first martial-arts class at age 11. Using a mirror to learn the moves and correct for his impairment, he remade himself. He won scores of karate titles, appeared in a string of B movies and was born again--in that order. He is a preacher in an athlete's body, and Tae-Bo is his one true gospel. "Tae-Bo is the only exercise that will give you everything you want," he says...
Toole's insouciant, larger-than-life "suspicious character," Ignatius J. Reilly, memorialized in bronze, loiters in perpetuity outside the former D.H. Holmes department store, now the Chateau Sonesta Hotel. The nearby Palace Cafe, once Werlein's for Music, where Reilly bought his lute string, is a good place to lunch. The cafe's player piano will entertain small fry, and the food will please the grownups. True Toole aficionados will buy a hot dog on the street in homage to Reilly's brief, catastrophic career as a vendor of frankfurters made of "rubber, cereal, tripe. Who knows...