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Spiro is not alone in her plight. Another Quadling, Alice M. Ging ’11 hears music blasting from her neighbors’ room until 2 a.m. every night, but says, “It’s not a big deal, just a bit annoying.” Even more annoying for Ging is hearing the firedoor alarm go off whenever a belligerent party-hopper gets lazy and forgets to read...
...Bill Gates, the other keynote speaker of the summit, emphasized that American business leaders should use their innovative skills to better understand the plight of the indigent, including the state of American education and global health...
...This is when the Avenger grabbed his cape, mask and truncheon and got involved. Could we get Spirit at least to acknowledge Carol's plight or, dare we dream, reimburse her for the flight-change fees or the hotel bill? Would justice be served for Carol and all the other nameless fliers who had suffered before...
...makers of “The Express” iterate this sequence not only in the overarching narrative, but in smaller, similarly predictable subplots that seem to start and end every 20 minutes. To their credit, Fleder and Leavitt do an admirable job of situating Davis’s plight within the context of a racially fraught era and the accompanying civil rights movement. Yet even this element feels derivative—with its ethic of racial harmony by virtue of athletic success, “The Express” calls to mind “Remember the Titans?...
Zach P. Hughes ’12 said that while it may feel good to see Wall Street titans fall, that attitude “ignores the actual plight of the people...