Word: clad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...portrayal of the jealous composer Salieri in Amadeus. Each production in Chicago has showcased the two principals and three comparably talented colleagues, Greg Hicks, Eleanor Bron and Jonathan Hyde. The stand opened with The Duchess of Malfi in a faithfully Grand Guignol rendition of Webster's Jacobean tragedy. Actors clad in funereal black moved menacingly amid the stately but decaying gray palatial sets; virtually the only color was a frequent splash of blood. The ensemble followed with an energetic rendition of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard...
Gorman's artwork mostly depicts Navajo women clad in robes or traditional garb. His work is particularly well known in the South-west...
Exactly one month after becoming President, Corazon Aquino appeared last week, clad in her trademark yellow, to announce her agenda for reviving democracy in the Philippines. Scrapping the 1973 constitution introduced by her predecessor, Ferdinand Marcos, and dissolving the effectively powerless National Assembly dominated by Marcos' followers, she imposed a provisional constitution that allows her to rule by decree until a new charter is agreed upon. Within 60 days, Aquino promised, she will appoint a committee to draft a fresh constitution. Three months after that, she hopes to put the document to a national plebiscite. If all goes well...
...visitors because Marcos loyalists had seeded the grounds with booby traps and looters had laid waste to the living quarters. Aquino was thus forced to continue operating out of the Manila building owned by her family, which, with its cramped waiting rooms, had barely sufficed as a campaign headquarters. Clad in trademark yellow, Aquino met last Friday with TIME's Hong Kong bureau chief Sandra Burton. Amid constant interruptions, she reviewed the heady days behind and the challenges ahead. Excerpts from the interview...
...women, designer dresses. The formality was appropriate for a presidential inauguration--even one called at short notice. But the dignitaries and affluent friends assembled at the Club Filipino in the Manila suburb of Greenhills merely formed a splendid backdrop for the more modestly attired guest of honor. Clad in a simple yellow dress, Corazon ("Cory") Aquino, 53, could hardly have imagined this moment three months ago, when her improbable quest for the Philippine presidency began. Her voice was calm and steady as she recited the presidential oath, her hand resting on a leather-bound Bible. "I am taking power...