Word: balms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BALM IN GILEAD by Lanford Wilson...
Energy−atomic, unharnessed, virulent−abounds in Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company revival of Balm in Gilead, the Lanford Wilson dope opera that was first produced in 1965. The set may depict a grungy, all-night coffee shop on Manhattan's Upper West Side, but it soon takes on the sulfurous glow of the lower depths: a rush-hour subway car, say, some time during World War III. Junkies, hookers, drag queens, derelicts, ganefs and hit men rub up against Joe (Danton Stone) and Darlene (Laurie Metcalf), a couple too amiable or dense to survive the Nighttown...
...said Kaufman, "a retraction may serve as a more realistic balm for ravaged reputations than does monetary compensation." Libel plaintiffs may agree, according to Gilbert Cranberg, Gallup Professor of Journalism at the University of Iowa. In his study of some 114 cases, he says, plaintiffs show "great interest in vindication rather than money...
...probably more entertaining to lead than to read about. The ideal subject of a biography is someone who has succeeded at something, but at a pretty stiff price; the story of such a person inspires both envy ("I could not wage war on most of Europe") and the soothing balm of pity ("What a wretched place Elba must have been"). Yet there are some rare souls on whom fortune constantly grins. Their set-backs turn out to be short outs to triumph; their disappointments in love prepare them for the mate of their dreams. Money, fame, the respect of peers...
...racers like Johnson are highly sought after to lend their glamour and success to products ranging from Marker bindings to Mentholatum lip balm. Says Heinz Herzog, president of Raichle Molitor: "There's no question that we get a boost in sales every time a top name is seen wearing our brand." When Olympic competition begins at Sarajevo next week, the manufacturers expect to bask in a glow of publicity that peaks once every four years...