Word: ticket
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...most progressives focused their efforts on defeating George W. Bush, living wage activists in Florida and Nevada argued that their efforts would bring workers and progressives to the polls to vote for Kerry. I remember thinking that the living wage initiative in Florida was Kerry’s ticket to the White House. I was wrong. Even though more than 70 percent of Floridians backed an increase in the state’s minimum wage, fewer than half of Florida voters cast their ballot for the presidential candidate who had promised to raise the federal minimum wage. There are plenty...
...good cause. “They’ve been fantastic, to come to Boston and interrupt their training in an Olympic year,” said Jones. “They care so much, year after year.” Notable changes from last year include moving both ticket sales and their annual silent auction online. Current Harvard students were also represented in the program. The Harvard Skating Club performed a tribute to Napoleon Dynamite. The club members, donning “Vote for Pedro” shirts, skated to music from the popular movie. The routine was replete...
According to Glazer and McCambridge, the UC will cover the difference between the ticket sales and total cost...
Wyclef was scheduled to perform at Harvard in spring 2002 alongside Jurassic 5, but the event was cancelled because ticket sales did not start early enough and organizers were concerned about their ability to fill the venue...
...debt that was itself exacerbated as fewer people went movie-going that fall. “There was a huge drop in audiences after September 11” from which the theater is still recovering, Hinkle said. The Brattle has also been suffering from a 40 percent decrease in ticket sales over the past two years—largely as a result of competition, Hinkle said. The Kendall Square Cinema is a multiplex with similar programming, and Internet-based companies like Netflix and VideoOnDemand.com give viewers one reason fewer to buy a ticket. And, for the Brattle, which acquires many...