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...year in hopes that the ballet’s popularity would draw crowds to see a “sweet and nice and pretty” show full of nostalgia and holiday spirit. Daines emphasizes, though, that the show is more art than it is a cozy blend of sugar plum fairies and dancing glasses of hot chocolate. “It’s good dancing,” she says. “We’re not kidding around here. This is not a puppet show...
Columbia Athletic Director John Reeves told the Spectator that the ideal candidate would offer the right blend of competence and character “with a slight edge to character.” Some win-starved Lions fans weren’t even happy with that. One fan went to the Spectator’s website forum and wrote that “I’m ready for Mike Ditka, Howard Stern or the soon-to-be-unemployed Saddam Hussein if any of them can scrape together a few victories on the gridiron...
...these problems—whatever they are—are resolved, perhaps a man with the right blend of character and competence can resurrect Columbia football...
...Theory of Justice, Rawls first expounded on his idea of a society whose success is based upon its ability to help its least advantaged members; one created within a framework of wide basic personal liberties and an equality of opportunity for all members regardless of birth. His effort to blend egalitarianism and liberalism into a comprehensive framework that both recognized moral responsibilities and their practical motivations earned him acclaim and provoked vigorous debate from his colleages at Harvard and beyond...
...fashioned way, paying off locals until he's just around the corner, then surround him, strap on the night-vision gear, take out the guards and do him in. Problem: in the tribal lands of Pakistan, he's a hero, and the U.S. has few agents who can blend in among the people...