Word: prop
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Putnam is in charge of props along with Cara Zimmerman ’05, whose prop ideas include a riding crop for militaristic character Xavier Self, as well as a wand and other accoutrements for the Diction Fairy...
...both Nov. 9, 9 p.m. E.T.). For Saving Jessica Lynch, NBC couldn't get the co-operation of the 20-year-old private, but that didn't stop it any more than France's balking stopped Donald Rumsfeld. Lynch (Laura Regan) ends up less a character than a prop. We learn little about her captivity, and she has scant dialogue or characterization; Regan's main technique is to open her eyes lemurishly wide to convey fear, soulfulness and joy alike. The real lead--because he did cooperate with NBC--is Mohammed al-Rehaief (Nicholas Guilak), the lawyer who tipped...
...will be a big tent that welcomes rugby's developed and developing nations alike - and that applies to the fans as much as the players. Just how big that tent is may come as a surprise to those who don't know a fly-half from a loose head prop. All sorts of figures are jostling for attention: the projected 2 million ticket sales; the 4 billion people in 205 countries expected to watch on TV; the $28 to $35 million the Australian Rugby Union hopes to make from the event; and huge winning bonuses - hundreds of thousands of dollars...
...uncertain that Japan can continue to prop up its exporters through currency intervention. Immediately after the G-7 meeting, the yen appreciated to 111 per dollar, its strongest level in nearly three years. Since 115 yen per dollar, a much weaker level, was widely assumed to be Shiokawa's target, currency traders are now waiting for Tanigaki, the new Finance Minister, to show his hand. Although he has already said that exchange rates "should stably reflect fundamentals" and that he would "take action to make sure that happens," Tanigaki hasn't yet demonstrated how much, if at all, he will...
...team assembles on the field for 10 a.m. practice, the last before the season opener against Vermont and the final chance for the 24 healthy players to secure one of 18 spots on the bus. Another player asks if Altchek remembered his tie, a prop for a practical joke on the coach...