Word: bowlful
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...superingratiating Spamalot proves it: in a generation, any humor can go from naughty to nostalgic. This 16-discathon is a refresher course in the Brit sextet's cleansing silliness. All 45 of the original half-hour BBC shows are here, plus the 1982 Live at the Hollywood Bowl (a greatest-hits show, but ruder) and a 1998 reunion of the five surviving members, recollecting the canon: Silly Walks, Dead Parrot, Cheese Shop, Spanish Inquisition, etc. All together, Pythonites: Wink-wink nudge-nudge, say no more...
...another great American tragedy, the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s, people didn't wait for government help to rebuild in an untenable environment. Instead they moved to places better suited for habitation. How much would it cost to build a reliable levee around New Orleans-$25 billion? $50 billion? For $25 billion, we could build new $90,000 homes for 275,000 households displaced by Katrina. Simple economics says New Orleans should not be rebuilt. Charlie Smith Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
...Brown says he usually starts his day around 8 a.m. with a bowl of Chocapic, the Chilean equivalent of Cocoa Puffs. He then leaves his parents’ home for the campaign office, where he recently has remained until about 11 p.m. each night...
...brandished impromptu props like a plastic skull, originally a Halloween decoration, that stood in for “Poor Yorick” and a blown-up rubber glove with a hand-drawn face that impersonated the ghost of Hamlet’s father. Actors drew parts randomly from a bowl, before each scene, to give them the opportunity to play more than one role. In a room laced with glowing Christmas decorations, the actors took the stage in front of the fireplace, completing the entirety of “Hamlet” in only 50 minutes. Event organizer and Lowell...
...Athletes in Action (AIA) in Science Center D yesterday. In a discussion entitled “Defining Moments,” the ten-year National Football League (NFL) veteran spoke to almost 100 students about the various turning points on the road to becoming a three-time Super Bowl Champion. “Defining moments happen to us all—they have no racial bias, no age bias, no gender bias,” Davis said. According to Davis, defining moments can only be identified by “looking back through the rear-view mirror of your life...