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Thirty years ago, a fresh new musical comedy opened to rave reviews on Broadway. Based on renowned playwright Thornton Wilder's piece The Matchmaker, with music by the young songwriter lerry Herman, Hello Dolly! was born and has captured a record breaking 10 Tony Awards. A great deal has changed in the three decades since its birth, but Hello, Dolly! remains an awe-inspiring show because its protagonist, Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, maintains her 1950s "nice girl persona" while underneath being a woman of the '90s, fully in control of the world around...
...weren't too nervous, you might be able to say something like, "Hello, Mr. President." If you were as nervous as I was on my first trip, you would mumble something incoherent. Nixon would smile at both responses. Perhaps he was kind; perhaps he was deaf...
...first time I saw and heard this man, I thought he was so cool. He made people feel special when they walked by. He was the first person in Cambridge to say, "Hello, pretty woman, how are you today?" to me. What a welcome I thought I had! Imagine my dismay when I realized that I was not the only "pretty" woman whom he greeted so kindly. This fall, I mastered a tactic on how to avoid Au Bon Pain Man. Living in Kirkland House, I was initially dismayed at the thought of have to pass right by him three...
...Sound Like I'm Here But I'm Really Not" Message: The speaker says things like, "Hello?", "Are you there?" and "Is this an obscene phone call?" as though he or she has answered the phone. Some unfortunate callers fall for the dupe; they respond to the bogus speaker with, "Can you hear me?" or "I'll try again, wait!" Ironically, the speaker and roommates are usually in the room, laughing their respective heads off, when the machine answers...
...this may be the last year of the Hurlbut "hello" after...