Word: mainstays
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...would characterize U.S. nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous. Far from reducing these risks, the Bush Administration has signaled that it is committed to keeping the U.S. nuclear arsenal as a mainstay of its military power." ROBERT MCNAMARA, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, on the risk of nuclear catastrophe, as the United Nations met last week to discuss its nonproliferation treaty...
...money; new productions frequently cost $2 million or more to rehearse and mount. Even hits can take up to a year to start showing any profit. The financial pressures have all but squeezed out the modestly worthy, mildly popular, moderately profitable shows that used to be the theater's mainstay. Instead, producers look exclusively for blockbusters...
While last year’s singles roster could potentially feature five now-graduated seniors, Harvard’s top half now boasts two rookies. And Chu, the only mainstay from last year’s singles lineup, still battles the abdominal injury that sidelined him, for the most part, over spring break...
...Lederman’s prospects in the regional semifinal—the senior skated Tuesday’s practice with freshman Tyler Magura, a fourth-line mainstay. Donato would only say, “I expect [him] to be a very important part [of our team]...coming down the stretch...
Since its popular off-Broadway run in 1997, Eve Ensler’s poignantly tragic and humor-tinged series of monologues on female sexuality has become a mainstay on college campuses, and Harvard is no exception. Cohen claims her time on the Cantabrigian campus forced her to take notice of works like VM. Says Cohen, “Being at Harvard has made me think much more about issues about issues of gender...