Word: buts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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He said some teachers were upset at the tone of the editorial, but the editorial and subsequent action didn't set off a furor at school, comparing the situation to a coach pulling a poor quarterback off the team.
But this is not a professional cast. Although a few actors--Nick Raposo (Cenci), Jim Marino (Orsino) and Schuerman--make noble attempts to salvage the performance, most others have difficulty escaping the tendency to recite rather than act their lines.
As it turned out, Joel was asking himself the same question. Luckily for the 20,000 adoring fans, Joel decided to stick with the instrument which launched his career. As he said early in the performance, "we're going to play some new songs, but we want to do the...
My personal favorite was a hypnotic version of "Goodnight Saigon," Joel's ode to the Vietnam veteran, which began with the pounding sounds of helicopters and combined searchlights that swept the audience with Joel's solemn piano chords. Not a cheery moment, but a moving one.
Attempts to reach Sakharov's home in Moscow by telephone were unsuccessful. Sakharov had suffered from angina, but during a visit to the United States in December 1988, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital determined he did not need heart surgery or a pacemaker after cardiovascular tests.