Word: runaways
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...RUNAWAY DINNER...
...50th anniversary events is HRG&SP’s production of “H.M.S. Pinafore.” The fourth collaboration between librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan, “H.M.S. Pinafore,” which opened on May 25, 1878, was their first runaway success and remains one of the most popular of their comic operas to this day. HRG&SP Treasurer Charlie I. Miller ’08, who is directing “H.M.S. Pinafore,” says that he thinks the operetta is particularly appropriate for the organization’s 50th...
...computer game “Doom” infamously, and speciously, named as a contributing factor to the Columbine school shootings by media commentators—but incidents of violence directly related to in-game feuds are a comparatively recent development. They stand as an unwelcome testament to the runaway success these games have had in creating an alternate social universe just as real and urgent as the one we wake to each morning...
...held on the LaVern Gibson Championship Course. Galebach, competing in the 10k, completed the course in 34:17:8, for a 227th-place finish out of 250 competitors. The winner, Brigham Young’s Josh Rohatinksy, posted a time of 30:44.9. In team competition, Colorado scored a runaway victory, capturing the team trophy with a total of 94 points. Wisconsin finished in second, totalling 142 points, with Iona coming in third with a score of 173. The Harvard indoor track and field team will begin its season on Dec. 2, hosting Boston College at Gordon track...
While I am among those disgusted with the conduct of the past few Congresses, as a Republican and a conservative I do hope that the party can clean house quickly and get back to doing its job. The recent scandals over earmarks, pork, budget deficits, and runaway spending only confirm the importance of reducing the size of government so that there are less spoils over which to fight in the first place. It is for this precise reason that conservatives have supported the Republican Party in the past, and why conservatives must hope for its recovery now. There are, however...