Word: alex
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This conceptual schizophrenia emerges in Alex Brooks' set design: neither minimalist, nor realist, but rather an uneasy mixture of the two. Brooks seems to have mistaken epic literalness, which arises from social connotation, with the notion of approximating reality. While the set should be merely suggested, minimal and stripped of reality, the props must be realistic and literal. This idea, inherent to the epic, becomes curiously reversed in Brooks' design. The sets strive for realistic representation, as in Newgate prison. Props, on the other hand, crowd the production, devoid of social significance. What, for example, is the purpose...
...four years as varsity baseball coach Alex Nahigian has never had an athlete quit. Nahigian appears to have a different view of Harvard athletes than most coaches; "I don't see much difference between the kids I coach here and those I've coached before. I handle them all the same way," he says, adding, "They enjoy practice, it's not physically or mentally taxing...
Throughout the entire game, the Kirkland defensive line--led by lineman Alex Green and Jack Flanigan--was practically inpenetrable, giving up only two first downs to a dumbfounded Leverett offense. "Our line blew them off the ball all day, assistant coach Jeff McKenzie said...
...townsfolk of Annapolis, Md., it was a modest way of commemorating a neglected event in the nation's history. The black community raised nearly $1,000 for a simple, 75-lb. bronze plaque that read in part: "Commemorating the arrival in this harbor of Kunta Kinte, immortalized by Alex Haley in Roots, and all others who came to these shores in bondage." Two mornings after last week's installation ceremonies (attended by Haley), someone sheared the six bolts anchoring the plaque and made off with it. Left in its place was a small card with the inscription...
...president stopped doodling. "Well, Alex. I think the floors look pretty glossy already, don't you? Now, if everything's settled, I'm going riding. See you later, boys." Reagan strolled...