Word: anton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only Brown firsts came from Eric Anton, who emerged victorious in both the 100 and 200 freestyle races...
...seven men charged were indeed black aldermen belonging to a bloc in the city council that supports Washington. But the charges, involving bribery to win city contracts for collecting unpaid parking tickets and water bills, fell far short of an attack on the mayor. To the contrary, U.S. Attorney Anton R. Valukas praised Washington for his cooperation. Said Valukas: "The mayor is not a target." Said Washington in turn: "I didn't elect the people on the city council; I only voted for one of them...
...biography of Anton Chekhov is like a play by Anton Chekhov. The decors of both are mainly Russian provincial. The characters are an engaging assortment of dreamers and bored intellectuals. The atmospheres are tumid with unreleased passion, and there are ample supplies of tea and sympathy. Unlike the lives and works of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, subjects of other Henri Troyat biographies, Chekhov's belong to the 20th century, an age of fretful spirits and melancholy skepticism. These impulses guide his hundreds of stories, his theatrical masterpieces (The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard) and especially...
...many worker-hungry employers, the jobless figures are a major mystery. "Who are these people who make up the unemployment statistics?" asks Thomas Anton, executive vice president of Troy, Mich.-based Kelly Services, the temporary office-help firm. "We're doing our best to find them because we can put them to work. Still, we don't get enough...
Over the past two years, actress Kelly McGillis has been receiving rave reviews--from her starring role in last year's hit thriller Witness to her recent portrayal of Nina in the National Repertory Theater's production of Anton Chekov's The Seagull. Yesterday in the Quincy House Junior Common Room, McGillis tried her hand at some critique, herself...