Word: bricked
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Comedian Mort Sahl spoke for many now famous performers when he said he was "set free" by Enrico Banducci, the influential impresario of the seminal San Francisco nightclub the hungry i. After buying the cabaret in the early 1950s for $800, Banducci installed a brick-wall backdrop, now standard in comedy clubs, and urged artists to be themselves. In addition to nurturing Sahl, known for his edgy political satire, the flamboyant, beret-clad enthusiast helped launch such performers as Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby and the Kingston Trio. Banducci...
...points ahead of third-place Dartmouth.MIT INVITEMIT hosted a low-key invite this weekend, which featured 12 local teams. Tufts’ two teams finished first and second with 42 and 70 points, and MIT rounded out the top three by notching 72 points.Sophomore skipper Alan Brick and sophomore crew Winston Yan sailed for Harvard in A-division, earning fifth place with 45 points. Sophomore skipper Ali Beyer and freshman crew Katherine Savarese placed sixth in B-division with 56 points. Overall, Harvard finished in fifth, 11 points behind fourth-place Boston University and five points ahead of sixth-place...
...disorient--and the riot police charge, striking the protesters with canes. The monks and students fight back, and soon there is the unmistakable crackle of live ammunition; the soldiers are shooting above our heads. "They are not Buddhists," rages Thurein, 24, a student, who is clutching half a brick and running from the smoke. "They are not humans. Tell the world. We were praying peacefully, and they beat...
...century St. Pancras aspires to more than efficiency. Ben Ruse, spokesman for the redevelopment, expects it will become a popular destination "whether you're getting on a train or not," much like New York's Grand Central is today. Restaurants, shops and a daily farmers' market crowd the red-brick arches leading to the Rendezvous, an airy social space adjacent to the 13 train platforms. There, guests can admire The Meeting Place, a 30-ft. (9 m) high bronze statue of two travelers locked in an embrace, or mingle at a dazzling 295-ft. (90 m) champagne bar - Europe...
...real life,” Casagrande admits, adding, “It really is true.”However, Nadler isn’t quite as willing to accept the stigmatization.“Just as business transactions aren’t different in Amazon.com and a brick and mortar store,” he says, “so we’ll see that valuing things that are part of cyberspace will be an acceptable thing to do and not a sign of misaligned priorities.”Most commonly, though, players are hesitant to differentiate WoW from...