Word: reasonings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tuesday's episode of "Spin City," in which for no good reason all the characters were dressed for a costume party, Michael J. Fox, as deputy mayor Mike Flaherty, burst out of a telephone booth in a Superman suit and cape. The symbolism might have been unintentional, but it was certainly striking: after announcing two weeks ago that he has been afflicted with Parkinson's Disease for the past seven years, the 37-year-old actor seemed as healthy and funny as ever--and like the real Superman, Christopher Reeve, who has been a vocal activist for the rights...
...American consciousness. There have been occasional revelations that public figures suffer from the illness, including Attorney General Janet Reno, the boxer Mohammed Ali and Pope John Paul II. And in 1990, the movie "Awakenings" illustrated with striking realism the physical incapacity of patients with Parkinsonian symptoms. But for whatever reason (perhaps because the public figures stricken with Parkinson's are in the expected age bracket for the disease and have not been vocal about their health), the illness does not have a high level of public awareness...
Columbia, 15th on the list, is the only Ivy League school to rank higher than Harvard. Counter said Columbia's setting in New York City is a possible reason for its high ranking...
...Weld has lots of friends in the Clinton administration," Steele said. "I think the fundamental reason he testified is that there is a battle for the soul of the Republican Party going on here...
...technical crew, drawn from various corners of the Harvard arts scene. A popular complaint from students involved with campus productions is that Harvard's theatrical talent is stretched too thin. Indeed, McGuinness reports that there was some resentment directed at her show during common casting for precisely this reason: several other musicals were competing for the same pool of people. But Guys and Dolls, more than most other shows at Harvard, has attracted people from outside the regular theater community, from a capella to the Pudding to dance companies, and the result is a constant flow of energy and talent...