Word: steve
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...culture. Most of the students came from MIT, but the luau also lured students from Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard, and Wellesley. "To us this luau is not just a dinner or a show, but rather a piece of our homeland, a slice of what makes us who we are," said Steve Wong, a junior at MIT and one of the event coordinators. According to a coordinator, the goal was "not to make money," but "to share the Aloha Spirit...
...Choke beautiful, CHOKE beautiful" were Steve Wong's description of one of the ballad's performed. I couldn't have said it better myself. ("choke beautiful" meaning "totally beautiful.") During the dance, I glanced around the packed room and there was literally a glow on the faces of the audience as they watched the slow ballad. The audience was mesmerized by the graceful, lyrical movements of the hula dancers hands, the rhythmic sways, their radiant smiles, set to the beautiful and haunting lyrics of Keali'i Reichel and a sole acoustic guitar. Later, the tempo picked up with the resounding...
...would say it's at least $6000-$7000 a year," Steve Fry, an agent for Security Insurance Agency, said. "The insurance companies are merciless toward cab drivers...
...picture of Phil Knight running behind Jim Grelle," says Hollister, who ran track with Knight and became one of Nike's first employees. It was Knight's customary position. Grelle was a champion, and Knight never caught him, says Hollister, but he never stopped pursuing. Another Oregon track god, Steve Prefontaine, became patriarch of the culture. "Pre," a rebellious soul and ferocious competitor, prodded Knight endlessly to improve the quality of track shoes...
...right words? Horrible? Disgusting? It is disgusting because it parades real people before the mob as objects of ridicule. Of course, Springer says the show is "silly" and "outrageous" and a "cultural cartoon" and so shouldn't be taken too seriously. "Most people get the joke," says Steve Rosenberg, president of TV distribution for USA. "It's crazy and funny, like World Wrestling." He is quick to add that there's nothing fake about it--and that's exactly the problem. The Jerry Springer Show is like pro wrestling, except that the eye gougings, physical and emotional, are authentic. This...