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SLIVERS OF TEXAN LIFE brighten Whorehouse: the cussin' sheriff, the corpulent mayor, the flunky-prostitute-turned-cafe-waitress, the hot-to-trot senator. But the constant shuttle of the various characters onstage adds clutter to an already busy setting. And scriptwriter Larry L. King has no qualms about injecting songs for no reason. There is no reason in Whorehouse. Is there reason in Texas? Is there a reason for Texas...
There is an old evangelical hymn whose refrain runs, "Brighten the corner where you are." Scarcely anyone on either side of the Atlantic does that with more dazzling spontaneity and skill than Britain's Actor-Dancer-Singer-Clown Jim Dale. He is a grand and compelling reason for being at New Haven's Long Wharf Theater at the present moment instead of wherever you happen...
...course, some stars did sparkle for Harvard. The freshman ranks brought tennis ace Betsy Richmond, who amassed a bevy of Harvard racquet firsts, and diving power Pam Stone, who helped brighten Stefi Walsh's retirement-plagued squad (five veteran swimmers did not participate this year). Senior Geoff Stiles made Harvard the kingdom of pole vaulting, and Joe Bernal's swimmers enjoyed a victory addiction...
Though hopes for a post-season playoff berth in the NCAA tournament seemed virtually obliterated after the Princeton loss, a pair of wins this week could brighten the Crimson hopes and send Harvard back into control in New England. (The Bruins and Crimson both both have three losses on the season...
...although the presidency ages any man, Jimmy Carter is an unusually resilient one, and some of his characteristics are unchangeable. The smile that punctuates even his gloomiest sentences continues to brighten his face and crinkle the corners of his eyes. The tone of sincerity is unchanged, even when he is greatly overstating his case, and so is the refusal to suffuse his speeches with emotion. Little real joy escapes him, except in his few moments of greatest exhilaration, but he rarely shows his anger, no matter how vexed...