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...only other highlight of the show is Marcia Madeira's lighting. The pools of color bring an element of interest to the half-hearted battle scene which occurs at the culmination of the play, making the silver blades of the swords glow red or blue...
...team's trip to Europe over Christmas break this year, Whyte displayed another element of her game that earned her the nickname, "Das Hammer." The team traveled to Switzerland to play in a tournament against teams from Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Unlike women's college hockey in the U.S., this tournament allowed full body checking, a skill that Whyte has been forced to keep under wraps in the Ivies...
...smaller and more delicate than she appears in pictures, her voice higher and more nasal than on her records. There is a solidity about her, a muscular spirituality. Her element is earth, not air. A master of silence, she does not talk about what she doesn't know. Mostly, she is wary, skeptical...
This is the South I know and love. All symbols stand for many things, some of which are amoral. I am embarrassed every time I see fanatical groups like the Ku Klux Klan waving the Confederate flag. This perverse element is the proverbial exception to the rule and does promote racism...
Chrysler's current misfortune is the result of several factors. One is the burden of $900 million in debt the company took on when it acquired American Motors in 1987. Another is rising competition from Japanese "transplant" factories in the U.S. A more insidious element was Chrysler's own success selling K-cars, minivans and Jeeps in the 1980s, which brought the company huge profits. "We became a little too rich and fat doing things that were not germane to the basic thrust of the company, which is to become the low-cost, highest-quality producer," says Iacocca...