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...consider what will work on stage. "You've got to plan the practicalities," he says, "such as how dialogue will work within a set, where an audience will be looking." In Damsels in Distress, the choice of actors' triple roles is a great example of such structural ingenuity. Saskia Butler plays three types of tough women - a teenager determined to survive, a fight-happy commando and a bossy suburban housewife with a vulnerable core...
...makes sense—for one thing, the strong safety spot is highly similar to the linebacker position in Harvard’s “Attack Eight” scheme. Plus, Harvard could certainly use his experience in its relatively youthful backfield, which otherwise returns only junior Benny Butler from 2001. Few have as much as Murphy, who has manned the free safety position since his sophomore year...
These shows aren't complete throwbacks. Family Affair is helped by Tim Curry's updated take on the butler, Mr. French, whom he plays as a crank who knows and cares nothing about children. ("I also have a great deal to learn about wolves and dirigibles," he snarls, "and little interest in learning it.") And on each we see how "family friendly" has changed. The hot daughter in Rules walks around with visible bra straps and thong straps; on Family Affair, after the kids ruin Uncle Bill's date, he sees them jumping on their new bed and says, "Testing...
...with unscom. He took part in more than 30 inspection missions during the '90s and earned the enmity of the Iraqis, who accused him of being a spy, with his allegations that they were hiding their true weapons capability. Ritter's many critics - including his former unscom boss Richard Butler, who has called his current notions "crap" - charge that he has inexplicably gone soft on Saddam. The fbi, Ritter claims, is even investigating him on suspicion of being an Iraqi agent. "I've never given Iraq a clean bill of health," he says angrily, noting that although he accepted...
Totman and Yenne, who Wheaton refers to as two of the best forwards in the nation, stand to be his regular starters. Sophomore Emily Colvin and co-captain Caitlin Butler, who Wheaton says is leading by example, should be among the most regular players coming off the bench...