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...basketball courts are an even greater atrocity. Because they double as the practice an game sites for the Harvard Volleyball teams, which generally practice in the afternoon, MAC users rarely have access to all three courts during the peak week day hours...
...this place of rest, in fact, that the ballet reaches its emotional peak. In this production, there is no scene of reconciliation between the Capulets and Montagues after the deaths of their children. Instead, we end with collapse of Romeo and Juliet, in a passionate embrace, in front of the tomb--an image that's striking in its very simplicity, and that comes closest to capturing the full power of Shakespeare's play.Boston BalletArtistry and technical finesse make PATRICK ARMAND and POLLYANA RIBEIRO an ideal Romeo and Juliet...
Even though Harvard finished fifth, sixth and 12th in its only fall tournaments, potential did peak its head through the cobwebs of a rebuilding stigma...
Boogie Nights makes its broadest statement in its interpretation of an American era. The movie begins in the year 1977, when the carefree excess and self-indulgence of the "Me Decade" were at their peak. The movie's pivotal sequence, a New Year's party celebrating the arrival of 1980, climaxes when one tortured porn groupie executes his wandering wife before blowing his brains out at the stroke of midnight. During the 1980s, selfish gratification takes on a colder, nastier edge, and the consequences finally came home to roost. Boogie Nights sends its characters into a spiral of degeneration...
...uniquely placid period in the market. As a society in love with stocks, we've never quite been here, so no one can be sure what to expect. When pushed, market veterans liken today's fervor to 1929 or 1968, both bull-market peaks. Because of key differences between now and those periods, however, few predict imminent disaster. But it's worth noting that after the '29 crash the S&P 500, excluding dividends, didn't fully recover for 25 years. And the '68 peak was part of a sideways market that lasted 18 years. Some believe a long...