Word: wagnerism
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...Gernot Wagner...
...true Pudding formula--glittery costumes, terrible puns, a theater full of drunk alums to laugh when no one else does. But do we still love it? Of course we do. Who wouldn't? The Pudding transcends theater, transcends critical scrutiny, even transcends the magnifying glass of one Dan Wagner '03 (the HRDC wishes it were as transcendent...
...watch sports. Cloning capabilities, discoveries in the genetics of longevity and advances in cryonics will enable scientists not only to extend the lives of current players but also to revivify long-deceased athletes. This will finally eliminate the need for stupefying talk-radio debates about how Honus Wagner might fare against Pedro Martinez or whether Serena Williams could have beaten Helen Wills Moody...
...down. Seven states, including New York and California, have passed laws to guarantee patients the option of getting another point of view. Other legislatures will probably follow suit, which is somewhat ironic. "Second opinions used to be seen as a way to keep [doctors] from overtreating patients," says Todd Wagner, a health economist at the Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Palo Alto, Calif. "Now they're being looked at as a way to keep [patients] from being undertreated...
...theater? Mostly lights and tricks. Music? Mostly sappy-sentimental, and rap--a rhythmic fusion of grunts and hisses, minus the notes. Like Wagner, it's not as bad as it sounds, but one misses doo-wop, pop and jazz, especially jazz. Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, George Gershwin, Miles, Ella, Satchmo, Bix. I hope they have survived. It is, of course, possible that you long for Dr. Dre and Limp Bizkit the way I long for Cole Porter, but are you crazy...