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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nomination to the state's top bench didn't come as a surprise: Marshall's name had been tossed around ever since Chief Justice Paul J. Liacos announced his retirement in June...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Marshall Picked for State's High Court | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

However, all this fast swimming will make the squad tired, and with an empty bench, everyone has to use their energy wisely...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Small Men's Water Polo Team Not Worried | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

Rudenstine stressed that Jacobson's salary was only about $200,000 dollars, and that the bulk of his remaining pay was a bonus for exceeding his bench- mark--the average performance of other funds in his area...

Author: By R. ALAN Leo, | Title: Rudenstine Defends HMC Pay | 8/16/1996 | See Source »

...obviously renegade as some of Ron Daniels' recent productions at the ART, but a director's hand does seem to weigh heavily on much of the production. The staging often reflects the utter discomfort of the characters themselves. Many scenes find the Camp and Stuhlbarg seated on a bench facing the front of the stage, but awkwardly twisted so that their backs are turned to the audience, their faces hidden in the mock-wall of the set. At numerous other times, listening characters have their backs to the audience so that their facial reactions are hidden. Michael H. Yeargen...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: To Jamie, With Love and Squalor | 7/16/1996 | See Source »

This conclusion becomes even more apparent through a comparison of the weakest installation, "Presence," which relies entirely on the spoken word, versus the most potent installation, "Interval," at which visual images are presented so quickly as to defy cognition. "Presence," in which the audience sits on a bench in a dim room while an audiotape of a woman's fretting over her childhood is played at varying levels of volume and clarity, is a tribute to the most banal of self-help confessionals, rather than focusing the audience's attention on a little examined sense, the nature of sound. "Interval...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bill Viola's Vision Illuminates at ICA | 7/9/1996 | See Source »

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