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DeLone came back in the second set, winning 6-3 to send the match to a decisive third set. Late in the third, deLone found herself on the brink of losing to Piorkowski. She was down 3-4 and had to face about five game points that could have likely sealed up the match for her B.C. opponent...
...highlight, however, is the acting. Carolyn Rendell, who is a contributing writer for The Crimson, shines as Dora Strang. Her imaginative, sensitive portrayal of a character who teeters on the brink of insanity is marvelous and easily the best performance of the play. Benjamin Hewitt and Donald Britton bring strength of their roles as Alan and Dysart. Blake Lawit impresses the audience with his capacity to handle the volatile, frustrated character of Frank Strang. Elizabeth Price brings earnestness, normality, poise and the most strongly felt stage presence to her role as Jill. The horses are memorable as well. Their grace...
...writes that he is on the brink of a decision to abandon the ROTC shield from the draft: "I am about resolved to go to England come hell or high water and take my chances." He is not referring to the risk of being run over by a double-deck bus on the Oxford High Street...
...fervent yes to sovereignty last week, many Russians saw an ominous parallel. Recalling Mikhail Gorbachev's futile struggle to preserve the motley amalgam of nations forged into the Soviet Union, they feared that their own Russian Federation might be heading for disintegration. "We are not only on the brink of a crisis," said Valeri Zorkin, chairman of the Constitutional Court, "but on the edge of an abyss...
While governments around the world are trying to get out of the business of state-owned industries, President Robert Mugabe is on the brink of nationalizing nearly half the white-owned farmland in Zimbabwe...