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...scene of Act I, the stepsisters enter the stage dauntingly tall, grotesquely covered in makeup, and shockingly clumsy, heavy and graceless. If this contrast to the traditional, petite, lithesome ballerina did not tune one in, the exposure of bulging arms and gigantic hands by the middle of the act confirm that these step "sisters", brilliantly performed by Todd Eric Allen and Howard Merlin, are simply not women...
...your own (it won't really hurt your dignity to address that letter yourself) and you will find that, come crunch time, the secretary will drop everything to rush your report to the Federal Express Office at the last possible minute. Behave like a kindergartener and you will confirm every suspicion they have of Harvard graduates. Worse, you will find that the graphics department put your project on lowest priority and that none of the staff wants to work with...
...head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. "The fact is, they're losing the battle." In 1985 more than 23% of youths ages 12 to 17 said they smoked marijuana; in 1991 that figure was 13%, and Bonner says it is still falling. Bonner also offers a reminder that studies confirm such marijuana health risks as destruction of nerve cells in the brain and lung damage...
...Alan Ladd Jr., the chairman of the bank's MGM studio. "By the time the bank told me about the deal," Ladd says, "it was a fait accompli." He seems tentative about the whole thing. "I don't think MGM is for sale at this time." However, CAA sources confirm that Ovitz is indeed out to find a buyer...
...disappointed that Garza and Grove used a public forum to help confirm students' preconceptions of the U.C: that student services are subordinated to internal political struggle and intrigue. These preconceptions are only buttressed by the Crimson's biased coverage: to place an article on the Council's major success of the year (the sold out Adam Sandler concert in Sanders Theater, which benefited 1,200 students) behind a superficial issue created by an insignificant minority of U.C. members is perplexing. Social events such as the Adam Sandler concert are not only inherently valuable because they are entertaining; I would like...