Word: waits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clambake--which at $8 a person is this year's most costly Commencement event--angered by Harvard's miscalculations. Some described agonizing delays which left them and their relatives standing in line for up to three hours, a claim countered yesterday by a University official, who asserted the wait never exceeded one hour...
Koivumaki, who works out of Wadsworth House, said yesterday he will be "extremely disappointed" if anyone has to wait over 30 minutes this year...
...tickets are being distributed now, long before the June 14 event. Last year each family had to wait in line to pick up their tickets, before getting food. This is where the bottleneck developed. Koivumaki said because of the "herd instinct", entire families stood in the ticket line last year, although only one person...
...wait! Princess Leia does not have the plans. She has entrusted them to a little robot, Artoo Detoo, in the hope that they will reach a former general of the rebellion on the planet Tatooine. Artoo Detoo and his delicate robot friend Threepio have landed on Tatooine. As luck would have it, they have been picked up by Luke Skywalker, a handsome young farmer. Though Luke does not know it, his father also fought the Empire before he was foully murdered by Darth Vader. Luke, Artoo Detoo and the ungainly Threepio have been attacked by Tatooine's native nasties...
...wait! Darth Vader has escaped, cloaked in evil and eager for revenge, and the Galactic Empire still holds, in chains 1,000 solar systems. What hope have our gallant adventurers against forces so vast and so dark? Another richly imagined universe of hope, obviously, and Lucas is already planning to bring them back in the sequel to Star Wars. This cannot be The End but is To Be Continued...