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...fault seems to lie more with the book and direction than with the actors. Both of them have relatively good voices, and once in a while they manage to engage the audience's sympathy despite the play's flaws; but the cliches destroy the effect almost immediately. We can cheer Angel's decision to break out of the marriage when her husband has an affair--Angel does a brilliant job with "Flaming Agnes," the song that marks the crisis--but she is jerked almost immediately back to the traditional role, better expressed in songs like "What is a Woman" (answer...
Spring Happening. By the time he had climbed about ten floors, Willig had created a cheerful springtime happening. Down below, spectators were flocking to cheer him on. Television crews arrived. And so did the cops, but they too became caught up in the spirit of the climb. A couple of cops mounted a window washers' scaffold and rode along with Willig for half the way-close enough to be of help if he wanted any. He didn...
...Republican resurgence," exulted G.O.P. National Chairman Bill Brock. That was putting it too strongly, but Republicans around the country did have something to cheer about. In a special congressional by-election in Washington's Seattle area last week, State Senator Jack Cunningham, 46, stunned Democrat Marvin Burning, 47, by winning a handy 54.2% of the vote. That means the G.O.P. has won two out of three congressional races this, year; earlier, Republican Arlan Stangeland won in Minnesota, though Democrat Wyche Fowler prevailed in Georgia...
...when Singleton reached on an error and freshman Mike Stenhouse, who went three for four on the day, singled to left field. But the combination of pitcher Hillyer's fast stuff, resulting in ten strike-outs, and the lack of an offensive, produced nothing for the home fans to cheer about. 123 456 789 R H E Brandeis 000 110 210 5 6 2 HARVARD...
...acceptance speech, the President surprised and delighted the crowd of 8,000 by beginning with a phrase in the local dialect: "Ha'way the lads," a popular cheer for the local soccer team. Said Callaghan afterward: "I don't know where you picked that up from, but I tell you that you couldn't find a way more quickly to the hearts of our people." Accepting his new privileges, Carter mentioned the name by which people of the region are known. "I'm glad to be a Geordie," he said -and the crowd roared...