Word: burdening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...truckers still are unhappy, let them speed. They probably won't get caught. And even if they do, the decreased shipping time will probably offset the cost of the speeding ticket. If not, then don't speed. But don't make society pay the burden. Increased highway fatalities and excessive police costs are hardly worth cheap shipping rates...
Almost the entire acting burden falls on the shoulders of Oleson, who carries the whole show Oleson displays an amazing sense of comic timing as well as an irresistible variety of goofy facial expressions. But Oleson's tour-de-force performance really takes off in the serious parts. He manages to make Arnolphe's psychosis accessible to the audience, creating sympathy and pulling off these serious scenes with a skill Robin and Jeff Rossman (who plays Horace, Agnes' lover) lack...
...features range from as little as six to as many as sixty people (at a recent showing of "Swing-time"). Collaborations with organizations such as the Boston Architectural Center (which rebuilt its top floor screening room for the Rear Window) and the Boston Food Co-op ease the financial burden; these organizations underwrite the series, giving Kleiler the freedom to program without concern for financial problems...
...theme of Silent Sins is hard to miss. The playbill includes two inserts, one citing FBI statistics on violence done to women, and another quoting Psalm 55 ("Cast your burden on the Lord..."). The production never lets you forget this is a women's play...
...Texaco and other U.S. producers were accused of overcharging for their crude. Throughout the decade, many of Texaco's vast but maturing oil reserves began to dwindle. At the same time, consumption of gasoline leveled off and Texaco's network of filling stations became something of a burden. Many were eventually folded. As a result, Texaco's industry lead faded. By 1977 it had dropped to its current No. 3 spot, behind Exxon and Mobil. In recent years Texaco has struggled to boost profits in the face of depressed energy prices...