Word: stunting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...story behind that story is instructive. Dole's campaign staff had been alerted to Gramm's stunt, and urged Dole to comply. "What they wanted," says a friend of Dole's, "is for Bob to have said something like 'I've been waiting to sign this pledge before friends, and you're friends.'" But Dole said no. Chief campaign strategist William Lacy tried to reverse Dole's decision. When Lacy appeared at Dole's Capitol Hill office, Dole stiffed...
Image has become one of Coffey's assets. He had a false start in his first-year with his homeless-in-the-Square stunt, and last year we watched his Angry Pilgrim theatrics somewhat bemused. But if Coffey is anything, he's larger than life. Frequently making announcements in dining halls, everpresent at council tablings and events, Coffey has always been at the center of the action. In fact, we would expect him to overshadow any president the council elects--and that's not necessarily a bad thing...
...over 98 percent of the class of '99 is using e-mail. Many of these students are not just aware, they are savvy. At last year's prefrosh weekend, the Harvard Computer Society thought it would try to dazzle these incoming first-years with the World Wide Web, a stunt which always seemed to impress parents. But the pre-frosh turned the tables; almost all who attended the demonstration had not only seen the web, but already had a web page somewhere else...
...that the staff has decided to condemn student outbursts and disruptions in the classroom, and to recommend punishment for these actions. The pranks committed by the Lampoon, final clubs, and now the Strategic Offense Society (SOS) inject humor into often boring lectures. In fact, the SOS stunt in Government 1091 gave students of all political persuasions an occasion to laugh. The staff, as students, should leave whining about punishing students for violations of University guidelines to grouchy professors and administrators...
City Sports provided free one-hour in-line skate rentals, WFNX was on hand with music and Rollerblade sent in a team of professionals to perform a stunt show...