Word: blossoming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sheer extravagance of the production is bound to win over most, if not all, viewers. The multilayered set is a marvel; with a few turns, the Cotton Blossom shifts between views of the cabin windows, the boat's prow and box office, a kitchen pantry, the interior theater and the upper deck where the young lovers, Gaylord Ravenal and Magnolia Hawks, hold their trysts. The second act is set in turn-of-the-century Chicago, the centerpiece being the Palmer House Hotel. But here, too, the set undergoes a series of eye-popping transformations, conjuring up scenes as divergent...
More irritating is the sidelining of the black characters, "Ol' Man River" notwithstanding. One especially grating moment involves a little exchange between Cap'n Andy, the proprietor of the Cotton Blossom, and the wise slave Queenie in which the latter, in response to Andy's grumbling that the balcony seats aren't selling, asks him "What about colored folks?" and launches into a ballyhoo aimed exclusively at said "colored folks." However, both Gretha Boston, who won a Tony award for her performance as Queenie, and Andre Solomon-Glover as Queenie's husband Joe, establish considerable presence that prevents their characters...
...extending that lifeline, America helped unify Europe's west around democratic principles and planted seeds of transatlantic partnership that would soon blossom in the form of NATO and the cooperative institutions of a new Europe. Just as important was the expression of American leadership that the Marshall Plan conveyed...
...blessing rather than a burden but also to watch my roommates and friends in the Class of 1997 use these resources to their fullest. There is little that can compare to seeing men and women full of dreams and ambitions with whom I entered college four years ago blossom into almost-graduates who are driven and accomplished, but also humble and kind. The middle years of the 1990s have been a time of incredible change. Life was found on Mars, cloning proved successful for the first time and e-mail has gone from luxury to life-line. Along...
Hopefully for the Crimson, the team that Costin Scalise took farther than anyone before her, can continue to blossom under her hand-picked successor...