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Walsh managed to raise approximately $28,000 through donations and some slightly more posh revenue generators, such as a June boat cruise, which cost $3000, and a pre-election gala at the Sheraton Commander on Friday. But in spite of the pomp that surrounds many of the bigger-spending candidates' fundraising events, most candidates and campaign managers, despite their large budgets, still say they belive in a grassroots approach to building financial and political support...
...only downside to the win was the fact that Harvard, in spite of the win, was still ranked third in the Ivies behind Dartmouth and Cornell...
...spite of this and other inconsistent attempts at humor--including a "Lucky Charms" commercial conceived in very poor taste--the rest of the set provided, as a chewing tobacco commercial once proudly stated, "all pleasure." The arrangements and performances of every song roused the audience and left this reviewer warm all over...
...spite of the message, the show remains lighthearted. Jeanne Simpson's phenomenal choreography, especially in the scene parodying "Singin' in the Rain," helps to sustain the playful tone. The male and female chorus members are delightful, as they spar, tango and symbolically sharpen knives at the dinner table. Although the phallic use of umbrellas is carried slightly too far, by the end of the show the audience does view the battle of the sexes as a timeless dance...
PIOUS PLATITUDES notwithstanding, God is not on the side of the editorial board of The Crimson. Still, in spite of the spectre of rational argument and logic, the mind-readers and soothesayers in the majority have managed to determine that Professor Anita Hill is telling the truth. And that Judge Clarence Thomas...