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After the termination of the grill, the scrubbing and packing began. The employees threw cocoa, Campbell's chili con carne and ketchup into boxes with the haphazardness of the post-finals storage process...
...remained conspicuously absent. At times one could see the conductor shaking his head from side to side--sometimes mouthing words to the first violins, sometimes gazing out above the mass of musicians with his lower lip protruding. Under his command, the orchestra executed the polyphonic intricacies of the Andante con Moto in perfect synchrony. One could feel the layers of music meshing throughout the hall as they blanketed the audience with their warmth...
...photos, it had obtained a pile of tiny chips of paint, but acknowledged it could not authenticate "beyond a shadow of a doubt" that the chips came from the stolen works. Furthermore, its source for the photos was one William P. Youngworth III, a 38-year-old ex-con and antiques dealer who is on his way to jail again on a car-theft conviction. Officials from the Gardner asked to see the photos for themselves and demanded that the Herald and ABC News drop their request for exclusive rights to report on the museum's analysis. At week...
...here, let's crank it up ASAP. But the FroYo gods evidently did not consult with Hephaestus and his team of electricity gods before smiling on Lowellians. Circuitry in the dining hall requires some reworking lest Harvardians blow a fuse or two while mixing strawberry and cappuccino in a con...
Last week's Thursday night session included Band of Outsiders. A gangster story with a twist, it tells the story of two con-men, Franz and Arthur, and their attempt to work over a young girl, Odile (played by the one and only Anna Karina). One of Godard's lesser known films, it nonetheless embodies the curious mix between word and image, humor and tragic romance, that is so very Godard. Characters are lonely but have no desire to connect to those around them. Awkwardness only occurs within familiar situations. Dialogue is impulsive and witty...