Word: profiteering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lack the precision that comes with years of training. Perhaps a reflection of the collaborative efforts of multiple choreographers (Anna-Marie Holmes, Bruce Marks, Sydney Leonard and Daniel Pelzig) rather than of one person's vision, the many dances sometimes appear disjointed. Certain scenes in Act II could definitely profit from some alterations. The dance of the Russian soldiers in scene six, accompanied by possibly the most rousing segment of Tchaikovsky's score, fails to project the same enthusiasm present in the music. Equally anti-climactic is the Arabian Coffee dance in scene three...
...First Expressions distinguishes itself from other non-profit galleries by being dedicated solely to student artwork in juried group shows. Drawing mostly on the Museum School, UMass Boston, and the Art Institute of Boston, First Expressions provides Boston's massive art student population with a unique forum for exhibition and sale. While they have not shown work by Harvard students within recent memory, they have done so in the past and VES concentrators are encouraged to give it a shot. This is also a great place for the less than wealthy to play art collector: the pieces exhibited are comparatively...
...Rhys "registered a number of domain names that include the names 'Harvard' and 'Radcliffe' even though they have no connection with the University and did this simply for the purpose of selling the registrations to others and making a profit," Donin said...
...suit was filed just days after a new law, The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, made it illegal for Internet users to buy Web addresses with the intent of selling them for profit...
...According to the Globe, had "Rhys and Douglas" succeeded in selling the names to Harvard at their desired price, they would have raked in nearly $325,000 in profit...