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...side, so I could try out other public service activities that I wanted to do,” she says, thinking back to the less certain days many freshmen spend seeking their niches in their new and often overwhelming surroundings. In Wong’s case, that spark generated as a prefrosh became a roaring blaze almost immediately. “After my first performance, I knew this is what I wanted...
...back as many as 5,000 Delphi workers, and thousands more are being offered buyouts. But Delphi chief Robert (Steve) Miller has asked the bankruptcy court for permission to void labor contracts, which would allow him to slash wages if the unions won't concede--a move that could spark a strike. He also wants more financial support from GM. Delphi workers, for their part, are furious that the firm wants to cut their wages 40% while company lawyers ask the bankruptcy judge to approve $60 million in bonuses for salaried staff--on top of $36 million already approved...
...race, and we will give our best performance at Sprints.” The highlight was the varsity four’s wire-to-wire victory over MIT, the same squad Radcliffe had lost to in the grand finals of the Knecht Cup. The turnaround was a spark for the squad to continue its success at Eastern Sprints. “We were up off the start and we stayed up the whole race,” varsity-four senior Cindy Obst said. “It was a good race because it sets us up nicely for next weekend...
Another actor has entered California politics--not as a candidate but as the spark for legislation. The "Tom Cruise bill," passed last week by the California state assembly and now headed for the senate, prohibits the sale of ultrasound devices to anyone but professionals licensed to use the machines. Assemblyman Ted Lieu, the Southern California Democrat who wrote the bill, grew concerned in November when Cruise and then pregnant fianc Katie Holmes purchased a machine for a reported $200,000 to track the growth of their baby at home. The scans are considered safe when properly conducted, but the Food...
...think everyone’s just going to agree with me.”Durang might not intend to provoke, but his taboo subject matter (abortion, homosexuality, child abuse, and the Catholic Church just to name a few topics), coupled with his characteristically absurdist style, rarely fails to spark interest.A SERIOUS SATIRISTDurang was raised in a Catholic home in New Jersey and attended Catholic school before arriving at Harvard in 1967. He wrote his first play at age eight and a few more in high school, but it was in college that his trademark style first emerged.Starting with...