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Despite evident enthusiasm during Wu-Tang’s set on the part of students— many of whom waved their arms in the air with hands in a “W” or tried crowd-surfing—actual knowledge of many of the group’s lyrics was somewhat lacking...
...bigger dorms at a disadvantage” has resulted in “mortal combat” with rival Apley Hall. According to the Frosh IM Web site, individual events within the Yard Bucket Competition are weighted according to a normalized scale from one to four based on the actual number of people in the dorm. Thus Canaday, the largest dorm, is multiplied by one. In an e-mail sent Tuesday, the freshman IM coordinators announced a change in format because it was “impossible for us to play out the tournament with this many registrants...
...unbelievable seem more believable. When you write about yourself or things that happen to you or things that might have happened to you, it’s very interesting what you can do with it. When you turn it into fiction you can keep some of the things that actually happened and then you can make things up, because sometimes in real life things don’t reach a dramatic point and other times things happen in real life that are so unbelievable and so full of coincidence that no one would actually believe you if you put them...
...versions of the gardens they were frequently surrounded by or portrayed the court jesters and dancers who had just entertained the guests before the feast. Dance was an integral part of aristocratic society, and often the Baroque festivals featured private theatrical entertainment including dancing or a ball before the actual meal. Thus, the dance and music performance held in the Fogg Courtyard was incorporated to give modern day viewers a taste of this 18th-century European extravagance. Dancers Camilla Finlay and Ken Pierce, fully dressed in period costume including makeup and wigs, danced to live music performed by a trio...
...than happy to immediately cast off some shows and keep others long after they’ve fizzled. The difference between what you see and what you don’t is often as much about personal politics as it is about those nebulous Nielsen numbers. Yet, whatever the actual reason for cancellation may be, networks are always keen to blame viewers’ fickle tastes for their shows’ failings—never minding that they openly scorned the viewers in the first place. It’s probably the excuse they offered...