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...hasn’t necessarily been done very much before,” Cutmore-Scott says. In addition to providing a unique opportunity for collaboration, Cutmore-Scott reached out to writers who have not been involved in the theater community before. Attempting to remedy what he sees as a dearth of opportunities for writers to see their work shown onstage. “There’s a very wide talent base at Harvard which is not being used,” he says. “It’s kind of going to waste. Very few writers feel...
Meeting attendees said that the Ad Board handbook, which is provided to students who have to appear before the body, is unhelpful. They pointed to the dearth of information about the processes that are used to settle cases and the level of punishment for specific offenses...
...Force officials, upset by Gates's comments, say they have given him as much surveillance capability as they have. And they suggest that his statements are based on a misunderstanding that stems from a dearth of Air Force officers at the highest levels of the Pentagon's Joint Staff. "This fight has been going on since 1947," when the Air Force was created, says one recently departed Air Force officer. "The Army always wants more [such assets] - they're never satisfied...
...memorable comedic moments. “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” lacks the endearing but flawed protagonists who have become the hallmark of an Apatow film. The three main characters in the movie lack the chemistry and charisma, but, luckily, the supporting cast makes up for some of this dearth. Written by Jason Segel—who also stars in the movie—and directed by Nicholas A. Stoller ’98, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” has all the elements of a romantic comedy, mixed with Apatow’s penchant for ribald laughs...
...number of large events—such as House parties or dances—per night, with the possibility of exceptions for weekends like pre-frosh weekend. “I don’t think by only having two events we now have some dearth of events on campus,” McLoughlin said. McLoughlin said over the last three semesters, there were only five weekends in which there were more than two large events, and that often the weekends before and after had no events. In response to the concern that capping on-campus events might prompt students...