Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PROVIDENCE--As each member of the No. 1 Harvard women's hockey team skated to center ice to receive her ECAC championship trophy, there was an extra-special hop in her step. The Crimson had just capped perhaps its most dramatic finish in a brilliant, action-packed season...
House Masters Sandra A. Naddaff '75 and Leigh G. Hafrey '73 (College sweet-hearts who met while living in the Quad) are dedicated to bringing music to Mather and even hired a music tutor when an entering blocking group showed special interest in jazz. The masters' two young sons are fond of sharing Chickwiches with the big kids in the dining hall and play a mean video game...
...special effects do little to rescue the movie from the monotony of the story line. The Kilrathi make a disappointingly infrequent appearance. Even when they do show up, they appear as silly rubbery monsters, not the fearsome feline-race implied by the Confederation's dread. Similarly, the scarce combat sequences are unspectacular. In fact, the combat usually consists of the heroes shooting at tiny targets on a screen, then flying back to base. There is little of the close-up dog fighting that could have brought at least some suspense to the action scenes...
...introduction of a scientifically engineered language, "Ptydepe," into a truly bizarre office space, is remarkably relevant to 20-somethings caught up in today's corporate America. Because Havel's material is so clever, a decent production of The Memorandum would be easy, but an exceptional production will require a special affinity for Havel's idiom. Surprisingly, this group of students can speak Havel's language--excellent acting, creative set design and, most importantly, faithfulness to the spirit of Havel's wild imagination, produced a hilariously impressive final product...
...making the preliminary moves for military action against President Slobodan Milosevic, but the Serb leader is unfazed. As Western observers were being pulled out of Kosovo Friday, President Clinton found himself scrambling to put a lid on a congressional mutiny against plans to bomb the Serbs. Even after a special briefing from the President on Friday, some Republican legislators did not hide their doubts. "Americans are going to be killed," said Utah Republican senator Robert Bennett. "And they will be killed in a war that Congress has not declared." The Senate will vote next week on legislation to curb funding...