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...legends of people picking teams based on uniform colors or mascots or how attractive the coach is AND THEN WINNING! The thought of my money in a game that is supposed to test one’s knowledge of the game going to people who can’t tell the Big Ten from the Freshman 15 or the Elite Eight from ménage a trois is revolting...
...layout of the theatre and of the characters’ lives, but does not develop his subjects’ inner-workings any further than can be deciphered from the their captured actions. Actually, his faults lie in the moments when he strays from this show-don’t-tell strategy. When Ronald mistakenly gives a customer too much change, his worry seems too contrived; it has long been apparent that the family barely has enough money to live on, and the artificiality of this event unnecessarily reminds the audience that they are watching a carefully-constructed make-believe family...
...ability.”Harvard hopes that its unique combination of veteran leadership and young talent will be the right recipe to bring the Ivy title back to Cambridge.“Every year we usually click together, but this year especially...it’s hard to tell who’s a senior and who’s a freshman at this point,” Vertovez says. “We’re adding a bunch of specialty plays, which we wouldn’t have done in past years. We’re bringing...
...progress through the last 20 years. THC: In Indian dance, are you free to invent your own choreography or do you follow an established pattern? What traditions are you drawing on in your dances? Are there any particular stories or histories that you are trying to tell? RST: The aim of the performances is to showcase the rich, diverse and evolving culture of the subcontinent. Every year, we have a classical dance, Bhangra, Hindi film, and Raas piece. These four dances reflect the constant variables in the culture. Classical Indian dance is one of the oldest forms of dance that...
Kidney failure would seem to be one of those disastrous "unexpected illnesses" that Pat thought he was insuring himself against. But apparently he was wrong. When my mother, panicked, called to tell me that the insurance company was refusing to pay Pat's claims, I told her not to worry; bureaucratic mix-up, I assumed. I said I'd take care of it, bringing to bear my 15 years of experience covering health policy, sitting through endless congressional hearings on the subject and even moderating a presidential candidates' forum on the issue...