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...resident, said she was there to network and to meet people of color who share her interests and goals. One of the speeches that attendees, including Morris, looked forward to the most was Nagin’s keynote address. Nagin, who gave the speech at Friday’s dinner, delivered the message that challenges are everywhere and that odds can be defeated. “You can overcome even when you think you can’t...[but] it’s also about being willing to accept [your] Katrina,” he said. He spoke about what...
...Michael Steele should be raising money, instead of hip-hop-itizing the platform,” former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell told the Harvard Republican Club at this year’s Lincoln Day Dinner. His words were well chosen for the audience. While many Harvard Republicans are confident in their beliefs, some are self-conscious about their affiliation. Skepticism of party dogma is an admirable trait, no doubt, but embarrassment over your party label is an unnecessary handicap...
...These Republicans are sheepish because, like most students, they want to fit in. Imagine yourself, a Republican, at an Institute of Politics Director’s Dinner. Shirley Temple in hand, you prattle on with a state representative’s chief of staff. As he gushes about Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78, you realize—surprise, surprise—he’s a Democrat. Do you tell him you think Patrick’s speeches sound as corny as a 1950’s jingle? No, you just smile and nod?...
...complex and constantly changing stage pictures. Also thanks to O’Gara’s direction, the transitions between present and past throughout the play are clear and smoothly executed. In one moment, Clay and Kelly are talking to Mr. Hadid about the price of the dinner table, while in the next the audience is transported into the middle of their terrible Thanksgiving dinner.Despite the clarity of these temporal shifts, there are several key plot questions that go unanswered through most of the play, but this ambiguity shapes its tempo. Who or what is eating the avocados? What...
Unemployment Bonus. When you're jobless, you've got the time but not the dough to travel. So Vermont's Rabbit Hill Inn is offering a free two-night getaway, including dinner, breakfast and afternoon tea, to six lucky laid-off workers (must be over 25 years old and have been unemployed for six months) and their guests. The owners' aim is to rejuvenate winners, so they can get back to pavement-pounding with a springier step. Send a letter or an e-mail (info@rabbithillinn.com) by June 1, 2009, explaining your story in one page or less...