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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, Mr. McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is the Student Govrenment Advisor. Let me reword: Mr. McAllister is the unfortunate Student Government advisor. As his life continually rams into dead-ends (i.e. he can't seem to get his wife pregnant), he can't help but resenting Tracy's naive ambition. So, as Tracy so eloquently puts it, it's natural for the "weak to sabotage the strong." Mr. McAllister's first move in the election chess game is to hire a pawn to run against Tracy--in this case, the white knight of Carver, popular jock Paul Metzel (Chris Klein). Tracy...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scorching Election Wins in A Landslide | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

...creditable job, and all the others are too frequently trapped by memory lapses and forgotten lines. These slips occur far too often for even the most patient viewer to dismiss. The lines seem so unnatural to the actors at times that some actors start saying the lines--stop--then reword what they were saying, presumably to the way they were written. These errors eradicate whatever respect the play may have established with its audience--and that makes Forbidden Fruit a verboten show...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: Almost Is Not Enough | 11/29/1997 | See Source »

...amendment would make all language in the constitution gender-neutral. The other would give the secretary the power to reword gender-specific language in future council documents...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: U.C. May Sponsor Rock Concert | 2/20/1996 | See Source »

Make a list of ten questions. Rework and reword them so they are short, clear, definite, effective, and open-ended. You are aiming to accomplish four objectives: (1) to show that you have done your research; (2) to gain information; (3) to demonstrate that you can take control and ask intelligent questions; and (4) to allow the interviewer to talk...

Author: By Marc Cosentino, OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES | Title: Be Prepared | 10/9/1992 | See Source »

Make a list of ten questions. Rework and reword them so they are short, clear, definite, effective, and open-ended. You are aiming to accomplish four objectives: (1) to show that you have done your research; (2) to gain information; (3) to demonstrate that you can take control and ask intelligent questions; and (4) to allow the interviewer to talk...

Author: By Marc Cosentino, | Title: Be Prepared | 10/11/1991 | See Source »

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