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...said her organization knows of no food throwing of hot food, though some prisoners have kept their cardboard trays inside their cells...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: 10 Walpole Prisoners Refuse Meals in Week-Long Strike | 11/11/1980 | See Source »

Kitty Kean, with powerful voice and striking presence, brings enormous energy to Sir. Her flamboyant gestures and comic intuition give freshness to a classic cardboard character. For most of Greasepaint, the pretentious Sir preaches honesty and fairplay to Cocky as he cheats him blind, tells Cocky he envies him but says behind his back "I wouldn't wish Cocky's existence on my worst enemy." After a couple of nasty quips and cruel tricks, Sir's character is set, leaving no surprises for the audience. But Kean never grows tired or tiresome, always finding a new inflection or expression just...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Working-Class Pleasantries | 11/11/1980 | See Source »

...while her seriousness as a runner is beyond doubt, Beckford is known for her zany antics during practice, occassionally masquerading as a six-foot walking cardboard box (just writing what I'm told...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Double Trouble | 10/17/1980 | See Source »

...hours while repairs were made to their chartered Boeing 737-the only hitch in the evacuation of Fort McCoy. By week's end nearly all 3,000 refugees were gone. Meanwhile, at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania, about 2,500 Cubans were loading their belongings into cardboard cartons for a similar journey this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Cuban Refugees Move On | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

...Henderson explains. The U.S. government provides the uniforms free of charge, small, baggy replicas of real Air Force clothes. More importantly, they provide decorations. At the front of the class, all the pins and badges--right up to four-star general--are glued on a piece of cardboard...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Integrity, Responsibility, Honesty... | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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