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Until the first climatic moments, the brisk plot and dialogue at least carry the audience along. But a swift downhill progression ensues, virtually eliminating all dramatic tension. When the ignorant Lutiebelle, having passed herself off as Cousin Bea, mistakenly signs a receipt for the $500 with her own name instead of Bea's--a costly gaffe to Purlie's dreams--the actors don't play the moment wrong; they simply don't play it at all. Charron glances at the check, looks at his son, and says, "Charlie get the sheriff" without so much as blinking...
They give the play a dimension of humanity that redeems the occasional lapse into cliches and arch frivolity. It is interesting to speculate about whether Crimes of the Heart would seem so antic in spirit if its lines were delivered in the brisk, flinty inflections of Bangor, Me., instead of the languorous resonances of Hazelhurst, Miss. But that is idle speculation, since Hazelhurst is so beguiling...
...Green stayed within nominal striking distance of the Elis, besting Columbia in New York, 21-7. Halfback Sean Maher took over when the brisk Manhattan winds made passing infeasible, crunching the line for 131 Dartmouth yards in 24 carries, while backfield mate Peter Lavery added 91 more...
...just fine when money is expensive. That at least is one interpretation of the industry's impressive third-quarter earnings reports. After a ho-hum second quarter, profits have perked up; and for 56 of the nation's largest commercial banks, earnings have climbed by a brisk 18.2% over the same period last year, one of the largest such gains of any major business sector in the economy...
...physical workout is brisk and tiring. Vivacious Jacki Sorensen, 38, the guru of the trend, who now oversees the 42-state chain of Aerobic Dancing Inc. studios, began the movement in 1971 from a church basement in South Orange, N.J. Says she: "It's a fad gone stir crazy." Indeed, Sorensen's and a host of other programs attract an amazing 6 million participants a month. Says a student at Jon Devlin's Dancercise in New York: "My main reason for coming is my head. If I miss three days, I have to come...