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...their dancing filled the room in “Tapped Out,” their money-themed spring show. The performers were percussionists as well as dancers—with the strike of a tap-shoe against the pale wood floor, they could conjure a light drizzle or a hailstorm. Some seats remained empty, but the audience was boisterous, shouting, “I see you, TAPS!” and, “You go!” During the intermission, two toddlers in the front row were so inspired that they got up and attempted to imitate...
...Corporation has recently come under a hailstorm of criticism for what many perceive to be an extreme lack of transparency, but the body has, in recent years, taken steps to increase interactions between the Board of Overseers and the Corporation under the direction of departing Senior Fellow James R. Houghton...
...DeWolfe, as well as MySpace press materials, cited the example of Dan Davis, a Chicago-area roofer who broadcast an ad called "Damaged Roof?" in the aftermath of a hailstorm at the end of the summer. An outlay of $100 got him a $30,000 job, within eight days...
...Sapres are stressed out, and ready to move to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. "Our jobs keep us so busy that we only meet each other on weekends; there's no work-life balance," says Amrita, "And then there's the infrastructure. Yesterday there was a 15-minute hailstorm, and it brought the city to a standstill. Bangalore just isn't ready to be an IT capital...
Since issuing the Feb. 15 ruling, White had weathered a hailstorm of criticism from public interest and media organizations, who denounced the order as an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech and warned it could have a "chilling effect" on other organizations, who might become wary of facing similar suits if they chose to publish or host controversial material. Those critics also said the ruling could set a dangerous precedent for the Internet, a new frontier in the battle over free speech whose terrain remains largely uncharted. Of particular concern to free speech advocates was the scope of the injunction...