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...strangely, the show--conceived before autumn's economic free fall--seems further from today than Don Draper's 1962: the office is flush, everyone has iPhones and drinks Starbucks, and no one is getting downsized. Trust Me may have to adjust its depiction of business--if the viewers don't lay it off first...
...double or triple team and as a team, we didn’t do a great job of helping [the forwards] out and making ourselves open,” Finelli added. “It was frustrating because they really took us out of our game. We had to adjust the way we played...
...Friday night at the Cambridge Queen’s Head, and Harvard rock band Start, Go! is warming up on stage. Over the lively buzz of conversation, and with the smell of french fries in the air, the five band members jam on their instruments and adjust sound levels.Finally, 20 minutes after the show was slated to begin, the black-clad lead singer, Chris XX. Powers, steps up to the microphone. “Hello everybody! How are you all doing tonight?” he says. The audience responds enthusiastically.Powers announces that the first song they will perform, entitled...
Lindsey, meanwhile, argues that property taxes are a "backdoor tax." "I believe local officials should go to your front door to tell you they need to raise taxes," he says. "There are times when constituents will understand that they need [higher taxes] for better services, and they will adjust...
...scope out potential mates, chasing a few specimens (see one such chase here) and checking them out at a range of 1 to 2 cm. If the female has recently mated, she'll rebuff the male's advances, but once a love connection is made, the two will adjust their wing speeds: females typically beat their wings at about 400 Hz, or beats per second, and males flap at a frequency of about 600 Hz; however, when two potential mates spy each other, they adjust their wing speeds to create a harmonic of about 1,200 Hz. Once the male...