Word: boxes
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...traditional family entertainment in favor of more contemporary fare, from bacchanalian rock concerts by the likes of Iron Maiden and Adam Ant to comedy acts featuring such stars as Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy. Evans also brought in a few old reliables, including Johnny Mathis and Liberace, who broke box- office records last year by filling the 6,000-seat auditorium for 21 performances. At the same time, Evans has turned the Music Hall into an entertainment conglomerate that sponsors concerts elsewhere, produces plays and TV specials, and stages sales meetings and gala product introductions for major corporations...
Before he was sentenced to 13 years of prison and hard labor in July 1978, Shcharansky had been a visible and articulate spokesman for human rights activists and Jewish refuseniks denied emigration from the Soviet Union (see box). His conviction on trumped-up charges of spying for the U.S. was widely regarded as a sign of crumbling detente. Moscow's apparent decision to free Shcharansky--and to telegraph it in advance--no doubt reflects more concern for propaganda than for human rights. But the Kremlin's willingness to swap a dissident whose freedom has been long sought by the West...
...could not say how the poison was introduced into the box. The seals and wrapping appeared to be unbroken...
Their Valentine's gifts are not anonymous; they are not mysterious. They are anticipated, expected. These undergraduates are devoted and attached. Unlike the medieval European tradition where young men drew the names of women from a sealed box and were paired up only for one day in celebration of an ancient Roman feast, these couples are intending to be paired. For life...
...shows that something is very wrong. Indeed, far more misleading than Smith's report is The Crimson's incorrect paraphrase of the second question. Far more significant is the reason why 1018 did not vote on it, and why 55.3 percent did not vote at all. In the bold box on the top right corner of page one you tell us 61.8 percent voted that "the council [should] push for divestment." Nothing could be less true. The question was "[shall] the undergraduate council...support and encourage the majority view on the proceeding proposition through the appropriate means," a question perfectly...