Word: raring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weigh the pros and cons of several schools before deciding which will be best for them. Some eager beavers may send the admission card back to Byerly Hall by express mail this week; other more contemplative thinkers might wait until midnight on April 30. Harvard's policy is increasingly rare in the competitive world of admissions, where many schools use an early decision policy to lock in their acceptances and so increase the magic yield percentage of students accepted who actually attend. But the policy is a wise one because it allows students freedom of choice...
Unfortunately, it is human nature for people to think of their own self-interest first. It is a rare individual indeed who will eschew his or her own concerns in favor of the greater good. The blatantly self-promoting actions of Massachusetts legislative leaders is another example of how such altruism is in critically short supply...
Some families value looks, smarts or athletic skill, but people in my family--otherwise cursed with averageness--have only one shot at perfection. Flowing through our gene pool is a high incidence of perfect pitch. That's the rare ability, found in 1 person in 10,000, to sing a given note at exactly the right pitch every time. In a musical family like mine, the person with the best pitch is the quarterback, the beauty queen and the genius rolled into one. We sing a lot in my family, and those members with perfect pitch always get to carry...
...Fantastick Theater Company's production of George Gershwin's Crazy For You is an exceptional musical. Combining remarkable singing as well as dancing, it reaches a truly rare feat in the world of musical theater. Much of the show belongs to its company of supporting actors and dancers, who invariably steal every scene in which they appear. The dancing Follies Girls (Jennifer Schmidt ??, B.U. junior Katie Ouimette, Sarah Turner '01, Yuka Yamaguchi ??, Heather Childs ??, and Maritess Panlilio '02), led by first year Neha Jadeja in the role of Tess, are showstopping, making the full company numbers, particularly the closing...
...winsome one-liners and funny accents (Hungarian, British, and good ole'American Southern), to the costumes (ranging from floor-length gold lamE ball gowns to leather fringe vests with cowboy hats to Vegas-style showgirl getups complete with gold-and-purple accented capes), Crazy for You is a rare production that leaves the audience with a smile plastered on its face, humming the tunes and tapping its feet as it boisterously exits the theater. And let's not forget that well-deserved standing ovation. The final scene seems as if it will go on endlessly (this time...