Word: thumb
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Haskell then brought in Co-Captain Lora Rowning, who has just rebounded from her thumb injury and made a brief appearance in the Fordham game. The senior came up big, forcing Mari Kai to ground out for the final out of the inning...
...which the Executive and Legislative branches were always under the same control. Not only would that avoid paralysis through partisan disagreement; it would also prevent the evasion of responsibility that is the real cause of paralysis in our Government. Negotiations on the budget, for example, are more like thumb wrestling than arm wrestling: the opponents don't really disagree about the destination; they just know that whoever goes first loses...
From the social criticism of Shaw, the evening progresses, or rather regresses into utter lunacy that characterizes Henry Fielding's Tom Thumb the Great. While Shaw's play has a tendency to moralize against the so-called "liberal" rule of the Russian empress, Fielding's play serves to showcase the comedic talents of the cast...
...might imagine, there are plenty of funny scenes in this play. One of the more hysterical ones is the musical number led by Merlin (Richard Claflin), who is the father of Thumb. Claflin leads the audience in a rowdy rendition of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" while simultaneously leading the cast in a chorus kick-line. Equally ridiculous is the light saber battle scene between Thumb and rival Lord Grizzle (Carl Bj Fox). Also garnering a high reading on the laughmeter is the cameo appearance of the ghost of Gaffer Thumb (Eric Olsen), who surfaces...
Because this Lowell House performance includes two dramas, the program tends to be long. But despite the three-hour duration, the double bill of The Great Catherine and Tom Thumb the Great is a prime example of the greatness that can be achieved when the right creative channels of Harvard theater are tapped...