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Kalkanis and Reyes, who is also a senior, both said that they will be taking lighter courseloads than usual and will be able to devote their full attention to the council...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva and Ivy A. Wang, S | Title: Council Chair Election Race In Dead Heat | 2/6/1993 | See Source »

Fortunately, Playing With Fire is far lighter fare than Creditors. It's an off-beat, fun show. While the script is less than compelling, the acting is uniformly outstanding. Kuan's bumbling, over-the-hill father is spectacular. Hsu and Vietzen make Kerstin and Axel's affair believable, though their kissing scene is a bit frenetic. And as Knut, Franklin is downright bizarre in an appealing, homey...

Author: By Kenneth A. Katz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paying Dues To See a Good Play | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

...started stomping our feet and chanting "Ween! Ween! Ween!" I've never been at a concert where everyone wanted the encore so badly. After a few minutes, Gene reappeared, holding his acoustic guitar, and began to play the ballad "Birthday Boy." We were swaying. Somebody held up a lighter. Then Gene stopped. "Shit, I forgot how this part goes. Oh, man." He tried a few chords. "Damn." Somebody from the pit climbed up on stage to help him figure it out, but it didn't work. "Anything else you wanna hear?" he said sheepishly...

Author: By Tom Scocca, | Title: Reviews | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

...Darker-skinned people can produce lighter-skinned children, but not the other way around," he said. "Either Noah or Mrs. Noah was a dark-skinned person...

Author: By David B. Lat, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Speaker Says Africans Related to Bible Figures | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

...year 2001. Such regulations would, according to energy experts, save two million barrels of oil per day and eliminate 300 million tons of carbon dioxide by the year 2008. However, Quayle and his council rejected the proposal, arguing that it would force the automobile industry to produce lighter and smaller cars that would result in greater traffic fatalities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: This Bush Isn't Green | 10/28/1992 | See Source »

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