Word: massing
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...Crimson (8-3-3, 3-1 Ivy) overcame a sluggish start and early one-goal deficit, putting together a sparkling second half en route to a 2-1 win over the Crusaders (3-12-0, 1-3 Patriot) in its final nonconference game last night in Worcester, Mass...
...cups. A rustic wooden barrel that looks like it might have been used in the original 1821 production at the Konzerthaus in Berlin, shares space on the stage with a blue plastic trash bin that looks like it might have been purchased at the Home Depot in West Roxbury, Mass. The period and setting are never clear, producing an inscrutable operatic haze that frustrates singers and spectators alike.The haze finally cleared—though only briefly—in the middle of the third and final act. As Buck was singing a humorous aria called “Einst tr?...
...specks of evidence to a very specific mental ruling—especially since our brains are particularly attuned to negative language and images, which remain engraved in our minds longer than anything else. If more evidence exonerating Kundera is discovered one day, will it be so widely reported? Will masses of readers notice, as they did the recent accusations? And, of course, Kaavya’s alleged indiscretions would have had a more limited impact if they had occurred before the age of blogs and mass media. In the words of Yasmina Reza, a French playwright who wrote an excellent...
...gravediggers in the 1978 "Winter of Discontent" left mortuaries struggling to cope. As the current delays only affect a percentage of welfare recipients, it is unlikely that this year will see a problem anywhere close to the scale of the 1978 crisis (which forced health officials to consider mass burials at sea). But Britain's undertakers have offered a corporeal reminder of how financial crises can infringe in intimate ways. "We are the forth richest country in the world," MP Kawczynski says. "The idea that you would have to wait two months to bury someone close to you is despicable...
...college campuses across the country are reaching out to their peers, outlining Power Vote’s platform and asking those who agree with it to vote for green candidates and sign a pledge to environmental goals. A million of these pledges will be delivered en mass to incoming politicians, serving as a concrete reminder that young voters not only care about environmental issues and but we also expect officials on Capital Hill to prioritize clean energy. The EAC was wise to put its efforts behind Power Vote because the initiative alerts students not only to green issues, but also...