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...However, there are several voices that rise above the orchestra’s often-overpowering volume. Woolf, as Sophie, nearly steals the show with her spectacular voice. Demonstrating outstanding vocal command as well as impeccable breath control, Woolf hits each note and expresses each phrase with purpose and ease, catering to the simplicity in Sophie’s character for which the score calls. Her vocal quality becomes increasingly stunning as she climbs the octaves. Woolf’s acting is also impressive, particularly in her interactions with the rest of the cast...
...It” has over 900,000 participating classrooms nationwide, with approximately 20 schools in Cambridge, according to the program’s Web site. While the program has existed for 22 years, it has begun to attract the attention of child health experts and parents concerned about the rise in childhood obesity and corporate sponsorship. But a Pizza Hut spokesman defended the program. “We are very proud of the program and since the recent criticism was launched we have received hundreds of e-mails from educators, parents and former Book It participants, all supporting the program...
...There is a serious, clinical addiction on the rise, which because of its recent development, has not received nearly enough attention: video game addiction. Research suggests video game addiction shares similarities with gambling addiction and other impulse control disorders, and with the rate at which video game technology is evolving, there exists a race against time that researchers are losing...
...Gaming is a major issue and needs to be treated as such. While perfectly harmless in reasonable quantities, harmful abuse and addiction to gaming is on the rise, which can be certainly destructive to gamers’ lives. It is time that Harvard started publicizing and treating this disease. With all the programs aimed at attacking drug and alcohol abuse, it seems foolish to have none that specifically confront the abuse of video games. Eventually, this will have to be confronted; the choice is ours whether planning occurs now or waits until a crisis reaches our campus...
...girl giggled now at this funny American and started furiously brushing away the dirty feathers and bits of dried manure from the patch of Broadway in front of him, making the odors and motes rise and swirl as she cleared a place for him to step. When she came for her wage, he noticed that his writing pencil was still gripped tight in his hand, so he ceremoniously placed both it and a penny in the girl's open palm. She glanced up quizzically, registered his smile, winked her good eye and plunged the pencil like a bodkin into...