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...weren’t hard enough to focus during Math 1b already, those ladies lucky(?) enough to see a side of Vitti not usually aired in the classroom now have something else to distract them. Concentration during office hours with this TF will probably be even more difficult for any girl who has seen his well-defined function...

Author: By Kathryn C. Reed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hasty Pudding Reveals All | 2/27/2010 | See Source »

...creating exciting and highly detailed melodies is the key to the album’s success. Fluttering higher scales are transposed over nostalgic lower chords reminiscent of spring days, a testament to the beauty Hynes’s music can achieve when left alone, with no lyrics to distract from its elegance...

Author: By Eleanor T. Regan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lightspeed Champion | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...most certain route to bringing the world down on its head would be for the IRGC to keep building centrifuges and enriching uranium. If nothing else, the hostility of the West that would follow would distract the Iranian opposition. And while an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities could perhaps set back the program by five years, it's a small price to pay in order to convince the people on the street that Iran is under an existential threat. One thing that would happen is that opposition demonstrations would come to a quick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Sanctions Won't Beat Iran's Revolutionary Guards | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Russi approached FARC commander Cesar and his cruel deputy, known as Enrique Gafas. Cesar smiled and extended his hand. The fake news team shot video of the rebels and pestered Cesar for an interview. The TV crew's role was to distract the guerrillas and prevent them from concentrating on the events playing out before them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Hostage Rescue in the Colombian Jungle | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Even with occasional microphone issues that distract from the music, several actors—such as Klyce and Derek S. Mueller ’10—are professional enough to overcome the technical problems. As Olive Lucy, Mueller delivers one of the best-acted performances in the production. He fully engages with his character, and his range of expression is emphatic and appropriate without being overdone. His solo bowling alley scene is also one of the funniest and most cleverly written in the show, revealing that it is in fact boozing, not bowling, that is truly...

Author: By Sarah E. Rich, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pudding Drags Despite Their ‘Dearest’ Efforts | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

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