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...lighting scheme that sometimes masked the dancers’ facial expressions did little to detract from the overall performance, which ended with a rhapsodic chorus of movement.The lingering radiant mood “Braid” created immediately dissipated as performers took their positions for “Von,” choreographed by faculty member Jim Viera. The dramatic lighting effects and neutral costume shades complemented slow, beseeching arm movements that developed into intricate floor work. Throughout the piece, the dancers’ frequent level changes, strategic exhaling sounds, and upward-reaching motions seemed to mimic a bird?...
...page review that deemed the FDA's conclusions flawed - and to hear comments from the public about whether the compound should be banned from food and beverage containers. The board will now forward the review along with the FDA's original safety assessment to FDA chief Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach. The FDA has until February 2009, when the Science Board next meets, to respond...
...Von Eschenbach to decide how to proceed. He may start from scratch and commission another report that includes the most recent findings on BPA; he may reject the panel's review and adhere to the FDA's original conclusion that BPA is harmless at current exposure levels; or he may ban the chemical from baby products, as the Canadian government did in April. Or he may draw no further conclusions about BPA until additional studies can be commissioned and completed to answer some unresolved questions...
...that end, this issue features David Von Drehle's smart opening piece about how John McCain or Barack Obama would probably govern and a four-page spread of where the candidates stand on the issues--ably edited by Massimo Calabresi, along with actual responses from Obama and McCain. Adding to the mix are Karen Tumulty's story on the Joe Biden campaign, Jim Poniewozik on how the media have covered the candidates, John Cloud on the secretive group that is reshaping gay politics, reports by Andrew Lee Butters and Aryn Baker on Iraq and Afghanistan, and reflections on Campaign...
...Voters Decide I resent David von Drehle's implication in "The Limits of Race" that whites who vote against Obama do so for racial reasons [Oct. 20]. Obviously race influences some voters, but what about blacks? Certainly some African Americans will vote for Obama because he is black. How many of these voters will cancel out white voters who vote for the wrong reasons? James C. Perley, LITTLE SIOUX, IOWA...