Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BENEITIA PORTER'S acting, like the set, only obscures Beckett's script. Beckett himself might see nothing wrong here; his plays need not and sometimes cannot make sense on an intellectual level. But Krieger's concept of isolating Porter in the hallway ruins the drama of the piece...
...tutorial reforms before the Faculty Council propose that every full-time Faculty member teach a minimum of one tutorial a term. This reform compels a real commitment to excellence in undergraduate education--professors would have to take an active role in the learning process on the most basic level, by discussing their field of expertise with the students themselves...
...prices. On the open or "spot" market, where the small percentage of oil not sold under contract is available, frenzied demand has sent prices up to more than $23 per bbl. Further whetting OPEC greed, Britain has boosted its price for North Sea oil by 2% above the cartel level...
...that hardly means that gold, which pays no dividends, would have been a better play. It was illegal for Americans to own gold until 1975, and by that time foreign speculators, anticipating an immediate rush into gold, had bid it up to nearly $200 per oz. At that level, investors remained wary, and within a year the metal slumped to about half its value. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones average, which then stood at a bearish 616, began a rise. Even at last week's fairly modest level of 827, the Dow stocks have done better than gold since...
Harutunian also said the directing and interuptions undoubtedly affected the result. "It broke all our concentration and confidence," he said. "Foil and epee just didn't fence at their level." He added, "If Harvard wants this kind of win, they can have this kind of win. Good luck to them...