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...Dahl’s book, certainly had some skills to share with Willy Wonka, but he didn’t even like chocolate, wasn’t excited to visit the factory, and certainly wouldn’t have wanted to take it over. Thompson’s similar lack of enthusiasm will likely do him in. So that leaves Charlie Bucket. With nearly all the alternatives so revolting, disconcerting, or unfeasible, Willy Wonka and the American voting public will turn to anyone they can like. Huckabee is far from perfect, and there is certainly nothing special about Charlie?...
...lack of a dominant offensive presence was painfully obvious during the Crimson’s 2-2 tie with Vermont on Saturday night. With the game on the line, there was no single player that Harvard could count on to be a difference-maker...
...taxpaying citizens, and what millions have been spent seem to have accomplished relatively little. Even with the growing influx of cash from emigrants in the West, the cost and scale of the effort will be formidable. It is imperative that India take immediate action, even as the lack of water may appear to many as more of a nuisance than a matter of necessity. India’s want for water is growing urgently, and solutions can neither be delayed by apathy nor mired in red tape. Better to plug a trickle now than to confront a cascade later. Jessica...
...bassist Joseph C. Higgins ’11, guitarist Shane P. Donovan ’09, and drummer Sami Majadla ’11 successfully toe the line between soulful melody and a catchy beat. Although the show’s opening and conclusion might lack energy, the great music and the actors’ interesting dance moves are always engaging. The lighting (designed by Reva P. Minkoff ’08) clearly delineates the set (designed by Thalassa G. Raasch ’10) from the audience, which provides a strong and much-needed point of focus...
...failure to include any students as decision-makers.During the campaign, Sundquist suggested that his opponents’ promises—such as Willey’s pledge to reinstate the council’s alcohol reimbursements for parties, which were nixed by Pilbeam earlier this fall—reflected a lack of knowledge of the administration.“It’s really easy, outside the framework of knowing anything about the administration, to complain about it, and to think that you can just march in there and change things,” Sundquist said earlier.Sundquist said yesterday that...