Word: stroke
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...columnist in Canada's Toronto Star said the prolonged intense bombing with little result risked turning Osama bin Laden into "the Middle East's equivalent of Bonnie Prince Charlie." Like the legendary Scottish rebel, sooner or later he'll be killed through betrayal or a stroke of luck on the part of his enemies. "Bin Laden will win, though, provided that he evades death or capture long enough to become a myth. The kind of iconic figure, that's to say, whom immense numbers of ordinary Arabs and Muslims, entirely aside from actual fellow terrorists and extremists, will come...
...plot's basic outline has been changed little. And that's part of the hurdle the musical faces. This is a show in which the two leads (Craig Bierko and Kate Levering) wind up destroying each other; another character spends the entire second act paralyzed by a stroke; and yet another doesn't come to life until after he's dead. That "Thou Shalt Not" doesn't become a complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick Jr., the jazzman making his first foray into Broadway. Connick does best, not surprisingly, with the Dixieland-style...
...plot's basic outline has been changed little. And that's part of the hurdle the musical faces. This is a show in which the two leads (Craig Bierko and Kate Levering) wind up destroying each other; another character spends the entire second act paralyzed by a stroke; and yet another doesn't come to life until after he's dead. That "Thou Shalt Not" doesn't become a complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick Jr., the jazzman making his first foray into Broadway. Connick does best, not surprisingly, with the Dixieland-style...
...Head of the Charles? I’ve never seen so many Sun Visors and Oakleys in my life. I hope the Radcliffe varsity light weight wins, especially because the stroke is hot. But what I’m really wondering is: Why did my roommate get arrested? Shit. We ask him, but he just says, ‘Don’t worry about...
...second half started with the Crimson pushing to establish some continuity in its game. Gambale scored her second goal on the day with a penalty stroke that she lifted to the upper left of the net above a diving Baril, again bringing Harvard within a goal with 20:50 remaining in the game...