Word: leveler
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Unfortunately, after the Beast's sweet surrender, the energy level never reaches its full steam again. Gaston and the townspeople's invasion of the castle is good for a few cheap laughs and a Wagner leitmotif (all you good "Lit and Arts B-55: Opera" students should be able to recognize which one) but runs low on special effects. The Beast's metamorphosis dazzles everyone but stands as the last captivating moment of the show. Finally, as the orchestra swells to a passionate finish as the now-human cast waltzes around the stage...nothing happens. The curtain falls, the cast...
...assault-gun ban. After the Republican sweep of Congress in '94, the assault-weapon ban was nearly overturned. What prevails in Washington now is a standoff in which only modest measures, like the newly introduced proposal for gun safety locks, stand much chance of passage. On the state level, the most popular approach has been decontrol--laws that permit concealed weapons...
Festival organizers insist that the change in pie policy has as much to do with Sara Lee's reducing its sponsorship level this year as it does with expressed concern about the shutting out of smaller businesses. Indeed, the victory for vendors and consumers could well be the festival's loss. The 6,000 Sara Lee slices typically sold at the festival are donated by the company, with proceeds funneled back to the festival organization. But next week Sue Musser of Selkirk's market will be eagerly serving customers for the first time. She predicts that her pie sales will...
Brock said Radcliffe cannot fund every fellow at the same level--some just receive office space. But she estimated each unfunded fellow costs Radcliffe about $20,000 in office and other expenses...
Those interviewed at the reception, however,said Rudenstine had not solicited them for money."In China, our standard of living has not reachedthe level that we can donate money to Harvard,"said Wu Bin, whose son graduated from HarvardCollege...