Word: cleverisms
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...would think that Harvard, with its multi-billion-dollar endowment and recent penchant for construction, could have found a location close to home for the overflow volumes. But a new building wouldn't be necessary if the University would make clever use of some abandoned real estate nearby...
...providers have gone to elaborate lengths to stem the hemorrhaging, but the problem is getting worse, not better. One of the fastest growing schemes involves gaining access to corporate voice-mail systems and private branch exchanges (PBXs) that allow employees to make long-distance calls from remote locations. A clever scammer can dial into a company's PBX, take control of an extension and use it to call anywhere in the world. The fraud doesn't show up until the company is billed, 30 to 60 days later...
...script is updated to include profanity (at times it seems every fourth word the Jets speak is "fuck") which soon becomes grating. Pop culture references are good for a cheap laugh, but the "Nintendoes" and "Telemundos" are more cutesy than clever. Making the Jets co-ed adds an interesting sexual dynamic and some talent to the Jets line-up (particularly an electric Eisa Davis as A-rab, the "cool" Jet). But, even today, there are very few female gang members...
...Veritones' song choices, arrangements and polished delivery made the jam a highly palatable smorgasbord. The skits between the songs, most notably a parody of composers' lost lyrics, were very clever. It's a shame more people didn't show up for the concert; there was plenty of song to go around...
Director Arvanitakis should be given credit for undertaking the staging of two productions, making good use of unusual props and making an effort to involve the audience in the production. The scene in which the sorcerer mixes his brew involves a particularly clever use of props, smoke and Alan Symonds' imaginative lighting...