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...arms, then they turn around, face their comrades on the railroad tracks, and start dancing a Rockettes kick-step. Much cheering. Ever mindful of the press, a protester shouts, "Media! Media! Photo opportunity!" The demonstrators also make sure the photographers are ready when, a few minutes later, the police grab the demonstrators, rip off their face-masks, and mace a few for effect...
...Business School, it's not unusual for professors to prepare documentary films for their courses, often with the help of professional directors. Faculty administrators expect the University's forthcoming $250 million capital campaign to enable some college professors to embark on similar projects with money from a $20 million grab-bag labeled "shaping undergraduate education" in the campaign plans...
McDonough said that much of the assembly's effectiveness will depend on its members' enthusiasm rather than on any specific action by him. "You can't reach out to people, grab them by the neck and ask them to get involved because they're being attacked on all sides by all sorts of organizations," he added...
...Zimmer, on the other hand, would rather walk through Quincy Market. He'd like to start at Regina's and then grab maybe a couple of dozen chocolate chip cookies and some souvlaki, with a big finish at Durgin Park and maybe a half-gallon of beer. Zimmer's face looks like an aging Vegas stripper's silicone-sagging buttocks. He's already cost the club a fortune, what with bolstering the dugout bench and increased drag on the team bus, and he's not exactly defraying the expenses with World Series checks. And look what he's done...
...thing can set people off," he explains. "You gotta nip it just before it gets out of hand." Another cop, just as Irish as the first, lists the kinds of "maggots" the observer will see. "There will be lots of wallet lifters, and some of the guys who just grab ladies' necklaces and take off with them; and then there's punks, and they just like to harass people...