The notoriously conservative Met audience mostly cheered the Tony-winning director following Monday night's production premiere, with only a few boos scattered in.

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Not only does it cut out the party middleman, says Mr Beattie, it is the only feasible way of staying in touch with 325, 000 voters scattered across an area the size of Belgium.

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The graves were scattered randomly, many with no date, no name, marked only unknown.

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Undrafted out of Harvard in 2010, Mr. Lin played only scattered minutes in his first National Basketball Association campaign last season with the Golden State Warriors, as well as the early part of this season with New York.

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