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...when it finally opens on Broadway next week, the lavish and lovely stage version of Mary Poppins will be flying into a stiffer headwind than it could ever have expected. Here's the medicine with the spoonful of sugar: a lot has changed in the nine years since The Lion King's innovative mix of puppetry, dance and set design transformed Broadway. The era of the giant musical spectacle is in eclipse. The real news on Broadway over the past few seasons has been the success of smaller, edgier musicals: shows like Urinetown, Avenue Q and The 25th Annual Putnam...
...this year’s Chase, however, with the second varsity coming just behind at No. 23. The varsity eight finished with a time of 15:25.77 over the 2.75-mile course, and the second varsity crossed the line shortly behind at 15:28.06. A fierce headwind and choppy waters in the last half of the course made the racing difficult and the times much slower than they were a year ago. Cornell’s B entry took home first place in the race with a time of 14:25.74, and Navy’s B-entry finished...
...seats,” McAulliffe said. “We’ve got the House, we’re in great shape in the Senate.” Gillespie mildly disagreed in his own opening statement. “I acknowledge that we have a headwind today,” he said. “We have something called ‘the six year itch’ that’s coming into play. I concede to you that the Republicans will give back some of the seats they won in 2004, but not enough to give...
...first time in several years, the sun shined upon the Head of the Charles Regatta.But in the absence of rain, a fierce headwind controlled the 3.1-mile course on Saturday, causing several collisions under bridges and making for difficult steering throughout the Regatta’s opening day.Most Harvard and Radliffe boats, however, had the luxury of the spectator’s seat on Saturday, and calmer winds on Sunday gave way to optimal conditions for almost all of the Crimson and Black and White entries.The Harvard heavyweight four earned the best finish of the day on the men?...
...second term could be a complete washout for his party this year. The Foley scandal, says Franklin County Republican Chairman Doug Preisse, is "one more pebble in a balance that was already weighted heavily against us." Even before it broke, Ohio's Republicans were facing a stiff headwind from a struggling economy, a G.O.P. scandal in the statehouse and increasing opposition to the war. At the moment, political strategists of both parties say, the Republicans who have dominated Ohio politics in recent years would likely lose both the governorship and a Senate seat. As many as five House seats...