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...Minister a thumping majority of 144 seats over the combined opposition parties. The Labor Party, by contrast, captured only 209 seats, while the new Social Democratic/Liberal Alliance picked up 23.* Thatcher becomes the first Conservative Prime Minister in this century to be re-elected to a second term, a feat unmatched even by such illustrious entries on the stairway wall as Winston Churchill and Harold Macmillan. Beaming down from a balcony at Tory headquarters in London, Husband Denis at her side, Thatcher told her jubilant supporters, "It was a larger victory than I dared hope...
...have all of us in the lineup was a huge thrill for me and a fulfillment of four years.” But while Cahow and the Harvard team in general consistently preach not worrying about personal statistics, in Vaillancourt’s eyes Cahow’s individual feat tells a story deeper than the numbers. “It shows how much she contributes to this team and to the game,” said Vaillancourt, a junior forward. “She’s—in my book—the best defenseman...
...every major financial daily across the globe. Although his desk was limited to about $180 million in positions, Kerviel had forged passwords, faked control e-mails, and fabricated hedges in order to go well beyond the limit. He had learned all the necessary control tricks to pull off this feat during his time at the bank’s nondescript back office, where he had started working years ago before rising through the ranks to his more recent and prestigious office. In contrast to what the French public believes, however, his story is hardly one of personal growth and social...
...songs are performed using Andrew Porter’s English translations. Despite these concessions to a lay audience, the actors are talented and the production is polished and professional. Turning the Dunster House dining hall, grand as it is, into a useable venue for opera is no small feat and the set designed by Thalassa G. Raasch ’09 is a success because its functionality makes the most of a challenging space. A backlit screen offers the opportunity for stage director Matthew M. Spellberg ’09 to display two locations to the audience at the same...
...before a gorgeous painted backdrop of a forest. Throughout “The Divine Reality Comedy,” the company made excellent use of exquisite two-dimensional cut-outs of clouds, stars and faces. Puppetry and design is clearly the group’s forte. A particularly impressive feat of costuming surfaced when the ensemble donned security cameras for heads, in what was stylistically unique yet contrived commentary on post-Patriot Act surveillance. But the impact of this too was lessened when one of the cast members, winding through the first row of seats, chose to make the notes...