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Ultimately, though, a stronger Terrier team, rife with pitching, didn't have much of a problem keeping the Crimson...
Lucas' text, though rife with wit and biting social observation, is hampered by its tendency to break into long sections of on-line chat. The problems of this inherently artificial form of communication are made even worse by clichd lines about safe sex, homophobia and unconditional love; with all of this linguistic burden to carry, it's no surprise that the script occasionally loses track of its plot, awkwardly stumbling over a few After School Special messages. Thankfully, though, director Eric Engel (Director of Memorial Hall/Sanders Theatre) still manages to blend Lucas' words into an (almost) seamless narrative journey...
...brainer, says TIME financial writer Daniel Kadlec, both economically and politically. "This archaic regulation was particularly helpful in postwar periods, when GIs were coming home and looking for work," says Kadlec. "The government didn't want the jobs taken up by 'old' people." But now that the nation is rife with jobs, there's really no reason to penalize productive members of society who happen to be older than 65. And considering how many members of Congress have long passed that magic birthday, they are probably as pleased as anyone to see the earnings cap sent out to pasture...
Sophomore Kobie Fuller survived the 400-meter run preliminaries and placed fourth in the finals with a time of 48.72, one-hundredth of a second behind third-place Jason Rife of Yale...
...grossed out," says Poniewozik. With their eyes on the bottom line, network executives are understandably torn between expensive, quality programming that may take months to catch on with viewers and the cheap, immediate gratification of cringe-fests like "Multi-Millionaire." Since Grushow's declaration, the television world has been rife with speculation. Will Rupert Murdoch's network hold fast to its vow, even if it means taking a hefty hit in the ratings? Stay tuned: Fox may have inadvertently created the season's best cliffhanger...