Word: aarons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stephen Aaron's direction is intelligent, fluid, and painstaking. The orchestra, under Arthur Finstein's musical direction, is as successful as the singers it accompanies. Linda Martin's costumes enhance the personality of each character, and Zack Brown's ingenious set has only one troublesome flaw: A screen showing the descriptions Brecht wrote for each scene--a means of emphasizing that the drama existed in the performance and not in the accident of suspense--is impossible to read from the lower rows or the side sections...
...that several lowans played important roles in the impeachment and acquittal of Andrew Johnson more than 100 years ago. Mezvinsky read about Iowa's Senator James Grimes, a bitter foe of Andrew Johnson, who became convinced that the Johnson trial was unfair. Grimes was compared to Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, Jefferson Davis. The abuse and threats heaped on Grimes helped bring on a stroke that felled him two days before the vote. Yet the paralyzed Senator had himself carried to the floor, struggled to his feet, and called out firmly, "Not guilty...
...Aaron Copland, Mus.D., composer...
...clientele is definitely worth observing, even if it is not always worth joining. Usually, I think the Casablanca is a fine place, but lately I'm a little down on it because when I went there to celebrate Hank Aaron's 715th home run, I was served a weak scotch-on-the-rocks. In my innocence, I did not know such a thing was possible, but this drink was pretty pathetic. I nursed the alcohol along for a good five minutes (quite an accomplishment) but it took me another half an hour to finish...
...Hank Aaron's 15th grand slam home run, a National League record, highlighted an eight-run seventh inning uprising Friday night and sparked the Atlanta Braves to a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs...