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...gives his most inspiring performance in the song “Real Life,” where he explains his qualms about the corporate world to Jon. His deep, rich voice lends poignancy to the questions that he asks, and the shadows on his face powerfully reflect his inner torment. Emily B. Hecht ’11 plays Jon’s girlfriend, Susan, as well as several female extras with hilariously exaggerated personalities and accents. Although Hecht’s performance as Susan is strong, the lackluster chemistry between Jon and Susan is not as engaging as the sheer...
...provided we look far enough back to see where our troubles began.” This is a central premise of the book, the idea that if we look back to the diplomatic arrangements initiated at Versailles in 1919, we will find the roots of the conflicts which torment the international community nearly a century later. Most importantly, Andelman contends that the Treaty’s oversight of a number of issues in the Middle East—namely their failure to understand the entrenched antagonisms between Shi’ites and Sunni and between Bedouin Arabs and Palestinians?...
...have been given—in talent, privilege, and opportunity—there is almost no limit to what the world has a right to expect from us,” Gates said. “And with that awareness, you likely also have an informed conscience that will torment you if you abandon these people whose lives you could change with very little effort. You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.” The gauntlet had been thrown down: as newly-minted reservoirs of resources and education, the only...
...back to life by newcomer Sam Riley, meet and marry as teenagers; Curtis joins the band and, while on tour, begins an affair with an exotic Belgian, leaving Debbie at home to take care of their baby and work two jobs. Racked with guilt at his own infidelity, Curtis' torment is compounded by epileptic fits - often on stage - and a fear of the additional responsibilities of looming success. Joy Division songs such as Love Will Tear Us Apart, heavy with Curtis' anguish and sense of isolation, are framed eloquently in context. And by having the actors perform the music themselves...
...that it didn't continue to torment her. Years later, describing the joy in Jesus experienced by some of her nuns, she observed dryly to Neuner, "I just have the joy of having nothing - not even the reality of the Presence of God [in the Eucharist]." She described her soul as like an "ice block." Yet she recognized Neuner's key distinction, writing, "I accept not in my feelings - but with my will, the Will of God - I accept His will." Although she still occasionally worried that she might "turn a Judas to Jesus in this painful darkness," with...