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...finished three Boston Marathons. He mulled it over for a long moment before answering: "So many great amateurs have triumphed at Boston-Johnny Keliey, Clarence H. DeMar, Tarzan Brown-that it's hard to run there and not feel almost spiritually uplifted by the money-free aura. I know it's 99% impossible and 1% improbable that sports commercialization can be stopped. But that's why the amateur tradition of Boston needs preserving. We're down to our last 1% of pure-joy athletics...
Karma is the physical-fitness guru of Canyon Ranch. Named Karma 39 years ago by her wonderfully prescient father, she loves her work, loves the "aura and tranquillity" of the ranch, and loves the guests no matter what. "You are carrying a lot of anger," she advises the grumblers. They melt at once. "I'm 63, I'm an old, fat smoker, I'm out of control," explodes the most discontented. "Awww," coos Karma, "you need some warm fuzzy." The man retires peacefully dreaming of a massage...
UNFORTUNATELY, this three-dimensional hero wanders through a world of deceit where characters, unable to reveal themselves, become two-dimensional, walking enigmas. The role of Laura, the beautiful go-between, demands a constant aura of intensity from actress Laura Morante. But the part written as a never-relaxing alternation between grief and sexual passion, vctimizes her with its unplayability. Victor Cavallo as Adelfo, the worker-priest who feeds the pigs, also suffers from the flat script, which forces him to stay calm and distanced, his religious acceptance erecting a rigid, unbroken stoicism to block him from the audience. With such...
These revelations take on an even more ridiculous aura in light of the excuse the Administration put forth for not backing the Mexican peace plan for El Salvador. "The Mexican plan," a senior government official said Saturday, "lacks a crucial element--a commitment by the Nicaraguans that they'll keep the hell out of their neighbors affairs...
...production suffers from an aura of incompleteness, thanks in part to flaws in the script but also to a lack of fluidity in the mechanics of the show Lacking a real stage, the play is performed starkly on the floor of K-House's junior common room. Its one homey set is adorned with serious weapons and a portrait of the "hero." Scene changes occur lethargically, as the audience must unnecessarily wait in dark silence as it watches the characters move stealthily around on stage The sound effects--like the doorbell whose ring sounds like a lion's roar...