Word: catches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Catch It: Harvard wide receiver Neil Phillips and tight end Don Gajewski are earning a reputation as a dangerous receiving...
...Brown offense was so predictable that Geroux was the only Brown receiver to catch Rukamp's passes. Geroux's day: three catches for 83 yards...
Fryar outran Vestee Jackson down the left sideline and caught the ball at about the Chicago 45-yard line. He avoided a tackle near the 30 and scurried into the end zone just 18 seconds into the game. It was Fryar's longest catch of his career, as well as Flutie's longest NFL pass. New England kicker Jason Staurovsky missed the extra point...
There's more, lots more. A string of ABC specials in coming weeks will focus on people who have committed mayhem against those they love (Crimes of Passion), efforts by law enforcement officials to catch parole violators (Trackdown) and "infamous events that have shocked a nation" (Scandals). The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper, a syndicated special airing this week, presents new clues on the Victorian bad guy, while Who Murdered J.F.K.? claims to offer new evidence of an assassination conspiracy. In the meantime, Morton Downey Jr. shouts down guests nightly on his talk show; a parade of lesbian mothers...
What makes The Cocktail Hour Gurney's most emotionally satisfying play is that audiences need not catch any of these highfalutin references to savor a splendid, old-fashioned family confrontation. This is indeed a play of the style celebrated by the parents, in which secrets are discovered, forgiveness bestowed and the ending genuinely happy. Its theme is universal. Why, Gurney asks, when family relationships look so much alike, does each turn out to be unique? Why, despite good intentions, do parents love one child more than another -- and why do the children keep caring, right into their...