Word: levelling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...than diffuse the audience on the central action, can work to a show's, this production's overabundance of actors only bolsters the audience's already confused state. Is the crowd happy with Jesus? Angry at him? Leprous? Is their back-slapping friendly, or is it violent? Although the level of dissonance in the musical accompaniment provides some clues, we are generally left to our own devices in answering these seemingly basic questions. In response to any lighting change on stage, a cacophony of rustling programs rises from the audience as people attempt to determine the setting of the next...
...terrible things smoking does to your body. I am sure the smokers in the readership would tell me the problem is not ignorance; it's denial. It's just that smoking seems to ease out the wrinkles of the Harvard day and keeps things focused at the high-strung level of Harvard student performance...
...There's a slim possibility of a Polish Connection at the next level. Kacyvenski's start this weekend will make him the first player in Harvard football history to start 40 games in a career. He already has the school record for single-game, single-season and career tackles and will probably be drafted...
...high school, we moved the pocket a lot and we ran a lot of rollouts," Walland said. "We ran options that required the quarterback to really read the play. That prepared me for the concepts of what we were doing in college, if not the level of play...
...most basic rights. For instance, says Fieger, an adult with the mental age of an 11-year-old could present a "diminished capacity" defense, so what's the logic in assigning adult capabilities to an 11-year-old? (Especially one who is, according to defense psychologists, operating on the level of a six-year-old?) In Abraham's case - which Fieger says he will appeal - prosecutors indicate they may be willing to ease up in the sentencing phase, offering the possibility of eight years of juvenile detention followed by a psychological reassessment and, potentially, parole. "It's too early...