Word: alleys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dual production of two one-act plays by Jeff Robinson shows just how uneven a young writer's work can be. "Live Bird," Robinson's one man exploration of the genius and eventual self-destruction of Charlie Parker, is solid, compelling, and mostly focused. On the other hand, "Alley Cats" is a scatter-shot, histrionic muddle of faces and voices limping towards symbolic meaning and falling short by miles...
...members as if they were acquaintances and expects them to improvise their half of the dialogue. These minor excesses are not enough to mar the subtle, touching portrait of Parker painted by Robinson's "Live Bird". Unfortunately, this is just the type of self-indulgence and excess that inflates "Alley Cats" into a cartoonish and unsuccessful mess...
...when a grenade exploded in a Sarajevo street. A NATO official said the grenade was launched from the Serb-held suburb of Grbavica. The grenade struck a streetcar and tore a foot-wide hole in its roof as it was traveling down the Sarajevo's main boulevard, dubbed Sniper Alley during the war. NATO officials, who Monday pledged to use significant force if necessary to enforce Bosnia's peace, had no imediate response beyond condemning the incident. Although the Bosnian Serb news agency denied Serbs were to blame, Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey said the grenade attack was meant...
...Crimson jumped in front again on a Weaver three-pointer, but Lonergan matched him and wiped out that lead. The Dartmouth guard ended two more Harvard advantages, one of an alley-oop and one on two free throws with 3:43 to play in the first half, which tied the score at 26. Harvard would not regain the lead...
Acceding to defense requests, a federal appeals court ordered the removal of U.S. District Judge Wayne Alley from the Oklahoma City bombing case to avoid any appearance of partiality. The defense had objected to Alley because the explosion at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building had slightly injured one of his staff members and damaged Alley's courtroom and chambers, located in a nearby building...