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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Fiddler on the Roof, so I ran to C’est Bon and bought a gallon of water. I drank the entire gallon in twenty-five minutes, forgetting exactly how long the first act of Fiddler on the Roof is. I had to actually jump out of the pit during the show to go to the bathroom and barely made it back in time to play...

Author: By Emily S. High, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spotlight: John T. Drake '06 | 4/18/2003 | See Source »

...worker was supposed to meet her in the Pit one Saturday night, but when he never showed she ran into other friends who were going to Rocky...

Author: By A. SCOTT Holbrook and D. J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Midnight Horrors on Church Street | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

...Buttersteak,” “Buttsteak,” and “Cubesteak”—whose real names are Doug, Jon, Bert and Ernie, respectively—began their collaboration as the Redundant Steaks in the “Pit Stop,” the University of Chicago’s student snack bar and lounge...

Author: By Ndidi N. Menkiti, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vaux Band Plays 'Meaty' Music | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

...line in the lowlands. A day earlier, about 100 U.S. soldiers had joined with Kurdish peshmerga (those who face death) in an assault against Ansar's base. The U.S. bombs flattened a mosque in the village of Biarra that had been used as terrorist headquarters, replete with a gun pit on top. The assault capped a week of pummeling by American Tomahawk cruise missiles that prompted the al-Qaeda-linked militants to take to the snowy mountains bordering Iran. This corner of northeastern Iraq, near the town of Halabja, is rough territory, a no-man's-land of escape routes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With The Troops: We Are Slaughtering Them | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

...Appalachians; they also heard the sound of a nation blossoming. The immediate impact is all the more amazing given the spareness of the composition. Framed by the Shaker folk song Simple Gifts, the music was originally scored for just 13 instruments because of the limited size of the orchestra pit at its opening venue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Performances to Savor | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

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