Word: bit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...GENT'S going over ground trod much more surely, if not as entertainingly, by Don DeLillo in End Zone, and in the end his version of po' boys at play in the fields (and beds) of the energy lords rings more than a tiny bit hollow. The cornerback, Jenkins, realizes the decrepitude of the crew he runs with, but he wants to run a little longer; he never comes to the realization the protagonist of North Dallas Forty did, namely, that there comes a time to put away childish things Mabry Jenkins is alienated from his work place, but nailing...
...letter's authors point out, 23 Harvard students went down to Philadelphia; seven signed the letter attacking my view of the conference's outcome. What do the other 16 think? Perhaps the Harvard organizers should check with their own delegates before they go running off with the bit between their teeth...
...lighting and the music immeasurably enhance the performance's emotional atmosphere, but the production escapes detachment and coldness chiefly because of uniformly excellent acting. Every actor crafts and sustains a character; even the bit parts are people with distinct--if annoying--personalities. Heitzi Epstein (Olga), Jenny Cornuelle (Masha) and Anne Clark (Irina) turn in carefully sustained and sensitive performances as the three sisters whose emotional foibles and frustrations are the play's heart. Clark as the youngest sister deftly moves from lighthearted young girl to pensive despairing woman. In one scene she darts across the stage, childishly reveling...
...short woman with grey wavy hair who proudly wears the demeanor of a mother and a grandmother. Her hands, firm and full, told of the work that she has had to do in order to raise her family. You only would have needed to scratch the surface a bit to find the core of toughness and conviction that has fought long and hard for the independence and survival of her beliefs and the beliefs of others...
...bit hard to believe--given the disappointments most Harvard sports teams have suffered this year--that men's track placed seventh in the country in the recent NCAA indoor championships. And if some momentum carries over into the spring season, watch...