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...wheels, antique crockery, vintage automobiles or sows that would fetch blue ribbons at any county fair -- but the Titusville event swept you back and held you stuck in time through the course of an afternoon (Why does the word stirring come uncharacteristically to mind?). Any sucker for a Zippo lighter, a cracked leather flight jacket, the music of Glenn Miller or the recollection of a sassy riveter with a mouth like a beesting would have found peace in this field...
Grease is not the play to see for bardic, tear-jerking drama, but those in a lighter mood should find their way to this talented rendition of an often very funny script. Maybe there's still a bit of life in the "twist...
...graduate student, the program will provide better pay and lighter teaching loads, said Henrichs. "It's also a way of getting some teaching skills across," he said...
...twist: an ersatz beeper so that people can beep themselves. Press a small button. About 25 seconds later, a red light flashes and a beep starts to sound. The person can gracefully excuse himself from a boring business meeting or a dull blind date. About the size of cigarette lighter, this device, called the Timely Beeper, weighs 2.5 oz. and sells for $29, while the real thing costs some...
...especially troubling, because the Administrative Board was not without alternatives. Instead of a reprimand, it could have issued a warning--a lighter sanction that would as readily have registered the Board's displeasure over the Lowell House incident, while not putting a student's career on the line. The severe, punitive nature of a reprimand seems to me completely unjustified under the circumstances, which must take into account the character and motivation of the student being disciplined...