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...plan, which will place all freshmen Yard, move all upperclassmen out of Canaday Hall, and so end four-year Houses at the Quad next year, was one of a flock of proposals that had been floating around for years. Other proposals included plans to convert the Yard into Houses to establish uniform four-year housing, and to house all freshman in the Quad and all sophomores in the Yard (or the reverse...
...Hopes. Homework aside, Carter ran the risk of irritating his fellow heads of state when he granted interviews to a flock of European publications-all to be released just before he arrives in London. Earlier he had informed Prime Minister Callaghan that he would like to make an excursion to Poet Dylan Thomas' birthplace in Wales. The request was made without considering the fact that Britain is trying to moderate Welsh nationalist demands. Callaghan suggested a visit instead to the ancestral home of George Washington near the coal town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Prime Minister felt that taking...
People will continue to flock to the shows of the beautiful people and buy the products they endorse. There is little a reviewer can do. As one character in the film announced to a concert crowd angered at John's failure to show up: "We don't want to keep repeating this, but there are too many of you assholes out there...
...official holiday for many schools, and the players, their chaperones and supporters checked into hotel rooms that had been booked for a year. They commandeered entire floors, lugging hair curlers, stereo tape decks and stuffed mascots. One coach brought along a toaster to ensure breakfast for his flock. Between forays to Frankel's clothing store to gawk at the array of trophies-including the 3ft.-high bronze totem for the winning team-the girls decorated hallways with flowers and telegrams sent by fans back home...
...prison cell, Creon paces to within a foot of Antigona, who is squatting in defiance. It is unlikely that a man in Creon's position would not have kicked her. Further: the crowd shuffles around forgettably and the yellow journalists fling themselves across stage in a clumsy flock. Their flutter emphasizes the parody but dissipates the tension...