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Although the spirit improves more important than the artistic quality of the performance, the show has major flaws which hinder its effectiveness. Essentially a revue of songs linked together more by theme than by a plot, it inherently lacks a smooth continuity between songs; the excruciatingly long scene changes and constant reshuffling of bodies on stage only punctuates the choppiness...
...both chambers want to permit expungement of minor drug offenses. Many critics are alarmed that records can be made to "lie" legally. "You can't change history and pretend it never happened," says Douglas Watts, staff counsel for the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Expungement may hinder police trying to develop leads. It also could be used to shield police conduct from public scrutiny. Asks Jack Landau, head of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: "How can you monitor the behavior of law enforcement if records are sealed?" Some businessmen, moreover, have legitimate grounds for digging into...
Even though deficits hurt the budget and distress the Corporation, Gerrity said she believes next year's budget might help the Faculty in the long run. "Tiny surpluses may hinder you because the Faculty thinks everything fine," she said...
...loss of quarterback Steve Reynolds to graduation may hinder the running backs. Bob Holly and Mark Lockenmeyer will vie for the starting role this year, and thought the offensive line has potential, it suffers from the loss of outstanding center Ted Sotir to graduation. The receiver corps was also depleted by commencement, so while Navarro has a few potent weapons, it remains to be seen whether the offense will jell as a unit...
...fast!" shouted many of the youthful activists who struggled all summer to hinder Rostker and his overworked crew of name-collectors. "The Selective Service is lying," says David Affler, a spokesman for the Boston Alliance Against Registration and the Draft, and one of the many protesters who claim that the government presented faulty figures. He says Rostker's numbers do not account for such variables as recent demographic changes and fraudulent registration cards, submitted by Michael Mouse, Donald Duck and others. After suggests that a more accurate estimation of the response to registration is 75 per cent, a figure...