Word: cannon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Police used water cannon and tear gas against 200 students, most of them white, at the University of Cape Town who carried placards that said, "Botha is a terrorist...
AKIRA ONOZUKA, 35, has spent the past 13 years at the Miyake Design Studio, whence he was recently dispatched to Cannon Mills in North Carolina on a textile project. "I met the president of Cannon, and he looked at me kind of funny," Onozuka remembers. "Then I went into the factory and I saw why. All the workers were dressed like me." Onozuka's Odds On line, now in its first season, shows not only his affection for well-worn American work wear but also a witty and idiosyncratic eye for fabrication and shaping that make his clothes look...
...first doubles, Engle and Co-Captain Larry Scott had an impressive win. They defeated Shelby Cannon and Byron Talbot, who form the 11th ranked doubles team in the nation, in straight sets...
...After he insists on watching the rest of the play with the audience, Macbeth continues. But the disgusted and frustrated actors refuse to emote, providing a humorous rendition which far outstrips their first, deadpan performance. Jeffrey Wise as Banquo loosens up and Linus Gelber, as Ross, becomes delightfully cynical. Cannon makes a marked improvement here as well since he no longer tries to convey Macbeth's determination by unnecessarily shouting the lines...
...BOTH PLAYS, the actors aptly demonstrate their flexibility with character changes, but they excel most in hamming. Cannon, for example, tries too hard to aspire to the dramatic ideal of Macbeth but does well as the frustrated and displaced Landovsky. Kimberly Estes performs vigorously whether she is Mrs. Dogg or the nagging "Jewish mother" Gertrude in Hamlet or the cunning Lady Macbeth...