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...good thing the unofficial motto of the u.s. Postal Service--"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"--doesn't mention Saturday mail delivery. Because that may soon be history. On March 2, Postmaster General John Potter announced that major cuts, including an end to weekend service, would be needed to prevent a projected $238 billion loss over the next decade that is largely a result of fewer letters and packages being sent. It's the first time in USPS history that a lack of mail...
Mather’s motto is “singles for life,” which refers to the fact that all Matherites are guaranteed a single—either a medium-sized one within a spacious, sunlit, low-rise suite, or a huge one in Mather’s 18-story tower. Suites consist of four, five, or six bedrooms located above or below a common room large enough to fit three futons, a bunk-bed-turned-double-decker couch, and a big screen TV (it’s been done). Tower rooms are in clusters...
...daughter’s tutor Walter (Noah J. Madoff ’12). “No,” he replies, “No, I don’t.” Walter’s acceptance of the melodramatic could be a motto for this production of the play, which emphasizes the satirical, over-the-top aspects of Peter Shaffer’s script while still finding room for more philosophical segments...
...motto is to not put the game into the ref’s hands,” the co-captain said. “We need to be able to do what we have to do to win, whether or not the refs call everything against...
...projected brightly onto an angularly imperious archway. The villain Scarpia (Greg Cass) is dressed as a blackshirt, with oily hair and a thin mustache suggestive of Hitler. By the end, when Tosca not only takes the traditional suicidal plunge, but tears down a banner with the motto “Viva La Morte” with her, there can be no mistake: we are in Fascist times. Only Mussolini posters could have made the point more clearly in this production, which runs through March...