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While it is too early to label the recovery a sure thing, a number of trends are running in the industry's favor. With the recession winding down, consumer spending is picking up. Records now come in more economical sizes. Twelve-inch "dance singles" that feature extended versions of hit songs sell for as little as $3.49, and mini-albums that carry half as many songs as regular albums sell for about $4.49, instead of $6.29 to $7.99. At the same time, the appeal of coin-operated video games seems to be wearing off. Arcades that compete with...
...piece of unfortunate timing. Rev is a bitter geezer who lies about being a railroad detective and carries a starter pistol to intimidate his enemies, meaning anyone not a relative. The gun is drawn on Beeler for his failure to convince his accusers that chewing on an inch of cold, wet cigar violates neither the spirit nor the letter of Bullard's no-smoking sign. One thing leads to another, and another...
That's the secret, really. Don't write out "TIME!!" in inch-high scrawl--it only brings out the sadist in us. Don't (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks--we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single-bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good five extra points if you can hack...
...monument to destructive compulsions and self-indulgence. Much of his legendary energy appears to have come from a vial of Benzedrine; his lavish spending distracted his attention from huge gambling debts; he was always late, and misspent his time writing gratuitous memos on rolls of two-inch-wide paper that snaked across his desk...
Harvard played like a champion Saturday, controlling the opener from the first inning enroute to an 8-3 romp and demonstrating its poise in the nightcap by staving off a late Big Green charge and rebounding to a 12-6, nine-inning victory. "We were within an inch of losing [the second game]," Captain Brad Bauer said...