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...offensive acclaim belonged chiefly to sophomore split end Terence Patterson, who scored all three of the day's touchdowns for the Crimson...
...University announced yesterday that the institute will be headed by play-wright and actress Anna Deavere Smith, currently a professor of drama at Stanford University. Smith gained national acclaim earlier this decade with "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles 1992," her one-person performances that explored attitudes toward riots in New York and Los Angeles...
...century of readers and viewers have wanted to listen to Catherine. Washington Square, the Henry James novella from which the story derives, was one of the author's earliest successes, and Agnieszka Holland's recent film adaptation, still playing at Kendall Square Cinema, opened last month to much critical acclaim...
...Verdi Conservatory in Milan propelled him towards what he calls "a magic meeting," though whether the meeting was with destiny or his future wife, Sylvia, a fellow student at the Conservatory, is unclear. In either case, Gatti has moved forward from that magic meeting to the pinnacle of musical acclaim. One needs only to watch him at work to realize how sincere Daniel Gatti is when he says, "I am very happy to do what I am doing...
...many more shows, even those with big stars and critical acclaim, have been disappointments. The Gregory Hines Show, a perfectly appealing family sitcom on CBS starring the talented song-and-dance man, is struggling. So is Jenny, the NBC vehicle for Jenny McCarthy, babe of all media. Nothing Sacred and Cracker, ABC's Thursday-night duo, though winning good reviews, are among the lowest-rated shows on TV. A USA Today study published last week shows that of the 26 new shows that debuted in the first two weeks of the season, 15 failed to attract the audience guaranteed...