Word: acclaim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...financial drought, college theatre is a small oasis of low stakes and adequate resources. Sprung from this land, Dan Sussner '99's Richard III is college theater as it was meant to be: ambitious, edgy and most importantly, experimental. Realizing his freedom from the constraints of profit and acclaim, Sussner seizes the rare opportunity to give free reign to his ideas. Though the resulting product is rough and at times obtuse, it has a degree of innovation one hopes to see more of in campus productions. The degree of experimentation in last weekend's production must have been a strain...
...Three--GameDay '99 ($40 from Sony 989 Studios), Madden NFL '99 ($50; EA Sports) and NFL Quarterback Club '99 (due out next month; Acclaim)--are locked in a play-off for market share among gamers who want realistic simulations and fat playbooks. Each game claims that its players are governed by state-of-the-art artificial intelligence that changes according to the play. Each allows you to select camera angles and slow-motion replays. Each features play-by-play analysis. So which of the three should...
...older sister, Francie '94, earned acclaim as a member of Harvard's Silver Anniversary field hockey team. Her twin sister, Hillary, earned a spot on the current Crimson edition. That left Yale freshman Amanda Walton searching for a way to make her own impact. YALE 3 HARVARD...
...home of Lauryn Hill, rapper/singer/actress, member of the rap trio the Fugees; the woman whose neosoul vocals took a hip-hop remake of Killing Me Softly to the top of the charts; the woman whose first solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, was released last week to wild acclaim. The streety hip-hop magazine the Source called Hill "the flyest MC ever." The not-at-all-streety New York Times called her "visionary...
PHILADELPHIA: Who better to lead the NRA out of the wilderness than Moses? After Charlton Heston was elected President of the gun lobby Monday, with almost universal acclaim from its national convention, some members seemed to think they'd cast the Biblical leader himself. "We have been demonized by the media," said executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre, "and this is a way to say hey, Moses is on our side...