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...lack of context highlighted the main downside of this approach: a lack of growth and a certain static quality to the characters and situations. This drawback, however, was more than offset by the play’s ability to present a wide variety of experiences and to shift rapidly between humor and pain without seeming forced, a far more difficult task to accomplish within a more traditional narrative. When less continuity of character and plot is necessary, the subject matter can shift from dancing to death without inducing whiplash. In combining two plays written in a similar style but years...
...thousand a year - start out before entering the U.S. And it's a big reason why L?pez, the former mayor of Mexico City, leads in voter polls - much to the chagrin of the Bush Administration, which faces the prospect of a L?pez victory bringing Latin America's stunning recent shift to the political left to America's doorstep...
...Susan's mother went to school with her to sign her out of high school. That night Susan applied for more hours at the Taco Bell where she worked and promptly stayed for the 5 p.m.--to--2 a.m. shift. The other women on the graveyard shift gave her hell for quitting school. They were mostly dropouts themselves, says Susan, who reminded her that even at fast-food chains, anyone who wants to advance needs a diploma or GED. She had, they told her, just broken something that could not be easily put back together...
...land factory jobs can find work tougher than they thought. A relative helped Christine Harden, 18, find work in a local car-parts factory four months after she dropped out of Shelbyville High. But she has to get up at 4:30 a.m. to make the first shift every day, and she says her back is killing her. "All my friends who are thinking about dropping out, I tell them, 'Don't do it,'" she says. "This is real life out here. It's not easy...
...defended our transitions well,” Bancroft added. “It was hard for us to get the ball up the field so that we could attack.” While the Quakers out-shot the Crimson 31 to 3 in the first half, there a momentum shift helped Harvard tie the Quakers 10 to 10 in shots. “Although we had a tough start, we did a really good job of staying in it and I think the second half was a great improvement on the first,” Bancroft said...