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...Harvardologists will most likely record this week as the "great week of student activism." As we come off of the high, though, we should remember that we are not mere demagogues engaged in purposeless rabble-rousing. The Antonios at Harvard must remain at the focus of any campaign. Furthermore, while advancing Antonio's right to earn 95 cents more, we should not ignore other deeper structural changes that could be made to the system and the socioeconomic reality that currently limits Antonio to two or three hours of sleep a night...
...play's relation to Shakespeare's original has been distorted beyond recognition. The program unsuccessfully attempts to link the two plays through Brecht's obscure interpretation of the original. Hamlet provides an indisposable framework, a crutch for an otherwise weak extrapolation of it. In short, Hamletmaschine ends up a purposeless desecration of Shakespeare's masterpiece, and is successful only through a familiar title and a talented interpretation by the cast...
...that, and hopes you do not weaken or think safe. Still, it helps to learn that some fights are too small for kindling, and if you must fight out of your weight class, always fight up. Hatred without a fight is self-consuming, and fighting without hatred is purposeless, so regretfully he wishes you some hatred too. But not much, and not to hold too long. There is always more cheapness in the world than you suspect, but less than you believe at the time it touches you. Just don't let the trash build up. And there is much...
...drug can act in a number of ways to cause death. It can interfere with the electrical system of the heart or brain, causing the heart to go into ventricular fibrillation, a purposeless twitching that quickly results in death. In addition, cocaine may bring on a cardiac event by temporarily constricting arteries...
Provost, like many Harvard directors, misses at least one basic of direction. Although movement is well choreographed in some scenes, in others actors wander about with stutter steps as they tentatively proceed to purposeless end points...