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Another of the troupe's major goals is financial independence. In the past, student summer theater groups have received grants from the College and from the Office for the Arts. But this year, says Ariev, "we're trying to raise the money from scratch...
Bicyclists have to remember that they are a lot more vulnerable then cars are and if an accident occurs, they are likely to lose. A car bicycle collision might scratch a car's paint job, but it will do a lot more than scratch the bicyclist's face. Bikes are hard for drivers to see, and weaving in and out of traffic or moving against the flow is practically begging...
...thing that made a large difference in the shape of their trade-offs was the lack of a community of like-minded peers facing similar situations and conflicts. Moving into the world, by ones or twos, they had to start from scratch. The political convictions of many, though without the same intensity of political practice, survived; for others, these convictions were not strong enough to weather the pressures of the American Dream; in short, there are some who sold...
...those states that have it. Typically, the player picks six numbers from 1 to 44 and waits to see if they pop up in the Ping Pong-ball contraptions used to select winning combinations. If no one wins, the jackpot accumulates. Another game is the instant lottery, with scratch cards that let players know immediately if they have...
...trend, like satire, can't succeed with an ignorant audience. During the early 70s, for instance, when citrusscented toiletries were the rage, some un-with-it shoppers exasperated cosmetics counter workers by whining, "But I don't want to smell like a lemon!" Likewise, future generations will scratch their heads over today's Heavy Metal chic, which makes its wearers look like walking chain collisions...