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    I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those sopranos in nightgowns dying in Act 2. So what do I have in my first opera? A soprano in a nightgown dying in Act 2.

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My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body read more

My hope is to challenge asinine modes of thinking about femininity and provoke discourse about issues surrounding feminine roles, body image and female sexuality.

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The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently read more

The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or numerous enough to constitute proofs. This kind of calculation is more complicated and more dif.

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Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into read more

Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into it. If they get you into it, you're in trouble. They play a bumping and pushing style, and if it's not called, your kids try to do it, too. It worked (for them) tonight.

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The Global Services division goes from strength to strength, providing BT with diversification away from pure telecoms services that remain read more

The Global Services division goes from strength to strength, providing BT with diversification away from pure telecoms services that remain under intense pricing pressure.

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I've never got to the bottom of streaking.

I've never got to the bottom of streaking.

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In this day and age, you hear more about kids being kidnapped or lured. It's different today than it was read more

In this day and age, you hear more about kids being kidnapped or lured. It's different today than it was 10 years ago.

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There's a statute that says we're exempt from impact fees. Period.

There's a statute that says we're exempt from impact fees. Period.

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We did an OK job, but I wouldn't go so far as to say we played our best game. We'll read more

We did an OK job, but I wouldn't go so far as to say we played our best game. We'll have to play much better in the second round in order to win.

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A lot of people age 25 to 30 don't have the capital or cash to afford fertility treatments, but that's read more

A lot of people age 25 to 30 don't have the capital or cash to afford fertility treatments, but that's the age when they have a much greater chance of success.

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