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...while the officers say they will encourage members to participate in public service, it's hard to believe that the raison d'etre of the group is a public service crusade. If they were so gung ho on community work, why didn't they just join Phillips Brooks House Association...
There is a lot more to Vail than its ski slopes, but the skiing is really the raison d'etre for the town, and it does live up to its reputation. Unlike a lot of the ski areas in Colorado, Vail has a very diverse range of slopes. In the back bowl most of the runs are difficult or very difficult, and there is usually a lot of powder. On the front of the mountain the slopes tend to be a little easier, with several good intermediate runs and a lot of beginner hills near the bottom...
...preamble" (if it may be so called) of a memo sent out to the House Committees and the House offices contains this sentence as the raison d'etre for the alcohol policy's enactment: "respect for the law and by the view that students should not be deprived of learning opportunities conistent with...
...patrolmen's latest charge--that Harvard tried to subvert the collective bargaining process--is disturbing because that process is the raison d'etre of unions. To deny workers the advantage of a united stance is to make unions meaningless. Sadly, however, the University's attitude toward unions is all too clear...
Most of the time, the show opts for subtler flecks of wit, often tucked into the edges and backgrounds of scenes. The restaurant where two characters meet (look fast) is called Ma Raison, and one of Cane's bright ideas to save the farm is something called a bran raisin -- no need to add cereal. Other, broader gags can be quite funny. When one character finds himself face to face with a loaded gun, he coolly dares the malefactor to shoot: "You're not scared, are you? . . . Maybe you're too used to having someone do your dirty work." Only...