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...unwanted pests, leading to occasional fits of shrieking. As for party suites, Eliot has a selection of notorious rooms. Ground Zero has become a regular stop for freshmen on a Saturday night, and so has the Cockpit. This year, a sophomore blocking??group christened their eight-man duplex The Octagon and threw raging parties every couple of weeks...

Author: By Elias A. Shaaya, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Housing Market Reviews: Eliot House | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...albeit one-dimensional presence as Gatsby, is similarly underdeveloped—a fact most evident in a critical scene when all the major characters are gathered together in a hotel room, and Tom Buchanan (Gary Wilmes) finally realizes that Daisy loves Gatsby. The actors are helped tremendously by smart blocking??Jordan Baker and Nick, like spectators, face a triangle formed by the aforementioned trio—yet Vasquez fails to translate her torn anguish, Fletcher his overwhelming yearning, or Wilmes his bridled fury...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz and Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A.R.T.'s 'Gatz' Takes Classic Tale to Stage in Novel Adaptation | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...that they are acting only to prevent ideologically extreme candidates from attaining lifetime appointments, but the action serves only to further politicize the judicial branch and increase partisan bitterness. The nuclear option reared its ugly head when special interest groups began distributing lists targeting nominees as good candidates for blocking??lists which were heavy on sensational allegations and light on reasoned critiques. Bill Pryor was accused of racism despite his record of fighting for civil rights, while others were blocked because they did not pass the litmus test on abortion. If the GOP fails in its attempt...

Author: By John Hastrup, | Title: Hypocrisy in the 'Nuclear' War | 4/26/2005 | See Source »

Gross cited alleviating of “the trauma of blocking?? as one motivation for the proposal...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gross Lays Out Report Details | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

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