Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Giuliani's father, who ran a small pizza restaurant in Brooklyn and set about teaching his son to box almost as soon as the boy could make a fist, instilled in him a hatred of bullies and an anger at the way in which a few Italians had besmirched the name of a great culture. Unlike many Italian Americans, Giuliani makes a point of using the term Mafia. He has no tolerance for those who say it does not exist. "By using the word Mafia correctly," he says, "you actually help to end the unfair stereotype. By playing word games...
Midway through the second period last night, when Harvard's Johanna Neilson skated towards the penalty box after a tripping call, the crowd at Northeastern's Mathews Arena was mistakenly informed by the announcer, "Harvard goal scored...
First the bad news. From an all-time high in 1984, box-office take in the U.S. and Canada dropped 7%, to $3.75 billion. The number of tickets sold fell 11%, to 1.06 billion. For the first year since 1979, no film returned as much as $100 million to its makers (though Back to the Future, the 1985 champ, should soon reach that goal). Variety Industry Analyst Art Murphy sees this slump as a cyclical phenomenon: the film economy booms, too many films are made to chase the extra dollars, the flurry of competition leads to hasty decisions, then...
...recommendations of the 21-member commission that studied California's campaign financing for 18 months and issued a report last October. The commission's other proposals include a prohibition on fund raising during nonelection years, when many contributions are clearly intended to influence legislation rather than the ballot box, and caps on both spending and contributions. The panel also favors limited public financing of election campaigns, a system used by eleven other states...
...played five performances at the 99-seat Illusion Theater in Minneapolis), the company has proved especially shrewd. The show displays both the adaptability of Arena's theater-in-the-round space-- actors rise through the floor and almost to the ceiling, musicians are suspended in a metal-mesh box above the stage--and the strength of its newly expanded ensemble. Stanley Anderson is by turns uproarious, winsome and infuriating as the despicable Lord Are. Casey Biggs and Kim Staunton bring dignity and slow- dawning horror to the doomed servant Bob and his wife. And Tom Hewitt excels as the lord...