Word: bossing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...central character is Paul (William Converse-Roberts), a young, success-driven banker. We see him making connections at cocktail parties, bad-mouthing fellow-workers to his boss and jetting to exotic lands to work out deals. His significant other, Fran (Alice Manning), is just as stereotypical (but then, don't they always come in twos). She feels her pink-collar job as a graphics artist fails to stimulate her intellect and is unsatisfied with her romantic life. So Fran sleeps with...Peter (Peter Crombie), Paul's old '60s throwback friend, who at least talks of the old idealism even...
...fact the play is at its best when the plot calls for pure yuppiedom. The staccato exchange of pleasantries and other banter at an art-show opening cocktail party is admirably done. The best performance is turned in by Paul's boss, Diane (Sandra Shiply), whose locked jaw and frozen smile never let down, even though she suffers the most terrible tragedies. Of course real yuppies, because of the frequently superficial aspects of their lifestyles, are actors too, so it would make sense that professional actors would be at their best in imitating them. The problem is that this dual...
...others had little influence over his own defenses. Rather than seek the opinion of a leading specialist, he selected a rhinologist of whom he had a low opinion. Was this an example of the celebrated "death wish," or perhaps just another instance of his need to be the boss? Macht nichts. The nose doctor operated and botched the job. Freud was left hemorrhaging on a cot in a small room that he shared with a retarded dwarf. The fellow summoned a nurse, though it is unlikely that he realized he was saving a giant...
Errors: Grenier, Walsh. Left on Boss: Harvard 16, Tufts 8. Double Plays: Harvard 1, Tufts 1. 2B: Renninger. 3B: None HR: None SB: Canon, O'Connell, Downing. Caught Stealing: O'Neill, Downing, Durand. SAC: Kratochwill. Harvard IP H R ER BB K Dorrington (L, 1-3) 6 4 3 3 8 1 Biotti 3 0 0 0 1 3 Tufts IP H R ER BB K Amyouny (W, 4-0) 3 3 0 0 2 5 Callahan 3 4 1 1 2 1 LaVallee 2 1 1 1 3 0 Bloom...
Shultz presses on with his Palestinian peace plan. -- Noriega shows he is still the boss. -- In China, two speeds ahead for reform...