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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...play, though plagued with various and sundry other difficulties--poor lighting and makeup, intrusive set design, tacky costuming--fails primarily in this interpretive aspect. The Leverett House production, furthermore, provides its own unsolicited deathblow -- in setting the already outdated play in present-day upstate New York. The set, dialogue and actors prove inadequate with respect to this ambitious innovation, and are eventually unable to carry the additional burden...

Author: By Donna GAIL Broussard, | Title: A Muddled Interpretation | 12/9/1982 | See Source »

...Desert To show his appreciation for the tribe generosity, Lee slaughtered the fattest ox in the neighborhood as a Christmas gift. The Kung responded only with abuse and ridicule, and Lee had to infer that such displays of wealth and superiority are inappropriate. "The interesting thing is the competitive aspect of gift-giving, and that generosity can be interpreted in lots of different ways in different societies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holidays 1010a. 'The Meaning of Christmas' | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...aspect of the Christmas season is that it marks the time the national budget is prepared each year. But Labor Day is actually is a busier time for people in the department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holidays 1010a. 'The Meaning of Christmas' | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...have a life with no children, but I was raised in a generation that taught us otherwise. I felt very torn at times, lured away by the satisfaction of acting, which is a worthy thing, and by my sense of ambition, which isn't. Acclaim is the false aspect of the job, which screws you up. You start to need it, like a drug, and in the final analysis, what does it all mean? I won my Academy Award when I was very young, and it was exciting for five or ten minutes. Sitting in bed afterward and drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Newman: Verdict on a Superstar | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...with a degree of respect verging on reverence. "Ideological contamination," the authors of Roots call it, and they argue a convincing case for the generalization. The most-often cited secondary sources on SDS were written by people who openly proclaim their sympathy for, if not actual participation in, some aspect of the New Left. Kirkpatrick Sale, author of the meticulously detailed SDS, describes the group's charter members as "a remarkable group of people... committed, energetic, perceptive, political, warm... charismatic, articulate, and (many) good-looking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Roots of Rage | 12/3/1982 | See Source »

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