Word: peps
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...popular shows as Dragnet and Have Gun Will Travel, and candidly envisioned the original Star Trek series as a "Wagon Train to the stars." In his quintessentially '60s view, the final frontier may have been full of hostile Klingons and dangerous Romulans, but they were generally susceptible to a pep talk -- only occasionally augmented by a punch in the nose -- from Captain Kirk. "Everyone always wants me to do space battles," Roddenberry remarked in 1989. "Well, screw them. That's not what Star Trek is about...
...Administration seems on the verge of eking out slim Congressional approval of a new world trade treaty, but today, giving a last-minute bipartisan boost to the cause, President Clinton threw a White House pep rally showcasing prominent Republican and Democratic supporters. Flanked by Bush Administration Secretary of State James Baker and James Miller, Ronald Reagan's Budget Director, Clinton said theGATT agreementnot only tears down significant trade barriers, but "also bulldozes differences of party, philosophy and ideology." Driving the point home, the White House released a pro-GATT letter signed by Presidents Ford, Carter and Bush.Passage of the treaty...
Perhaps the Undergraduate Council could hold a pep rally with weapons as door prizes. We cannot resist nominating the newly-proposed John Harvard pilgrim mascot for target practice...
...minus the promised bonfire, hot dogs, apple cider, s'mores--and even the attendance of some of the rally's organizers--the 'Beat Yale' pep rally still went on as scheduled to an estimated crowd of 150 students at the MAC Quad...
...Yeah right, this is a pep rally!" cried one passer-by trying to escape the rain...