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...will not rest until the UC is torn down stone by stone,” he said. “We have underclassmen positioned to take our stead and we will continue to campaign year after year until the UC is destroyed...
...Probably onegaishimasu," says tour manager John Glenn. "Please can you help me. And just being able to say thank you, arrigato. Or arrigato gozaimasu, thank you very much." In a society as formal as Japan's, knowing the difference can be crucial, and it put the orchestra in good stead when it came to the Crown Prince's visit on Oct. 2. "It made the night quite difficult," admits Glenn, "because we had three buses waiting after the performance, but the lifts got locked down at the venue until the Crown Prince and his entire entourage had left...
...MIHNUET approaches its 10th year of existence in good stead. Recent changes in its scheduling and recruiting practices have boosted membership and retention. The addition of a program, where members sign up for specific performance dates well in advance, has also cut down on some past difficulties with keeping site attendance up during exam-heavy periods...
...Fisherman's Handbook and Great Composers. It was a no-nonsense school of writing that might demand a four-page story or a poem to accompany a leftover illustration - by lunchtime. McCaughrean calls it "the best job I ever had," and the discipline has stood her in good stead since 1982 when she persuaded Oxford University Press to let her rewrite One Thousand and One Arabian Nights for young readers. Since then, McCaughrean has spent much of her career recrafting the classics - Homer, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Melville - for new generations. Her just-published version of Cyrano de Bergerac, mines Edmond Rostand...
...Diego State and Cleveland State. Albany boasts two extremely talented guards, Jamar Wilson and Lucious Jordan, both of whom have topped 1,000 career points. Jordan has had a down year this year, averaging only 6.3 points a game, but another guard, Jon Iati, has stepped up in his stead, averaging 12.4 points per game. Sullivan said Albany’s “individual skill level” is one of its greatest assets. “They’ve got the right pieces at every position,” he said. “They?...