Word: clause
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...audience realizes that Byck has crossed the line into the realm of lunacy as he is observed recording tapes of his complaints to Leonard Bernstein, imploring him to write more love songs ("What the world needs now is love, sweet love," he cries). Weber's portrayal of the Santa-Claus-suit-clad Byck was convincing, if a little surreal. Giuseppe Zangara (Edward Ha '97), like Czologsz, is a skeptic of capitalism, but his smaller role and reduced presence in the play makes him harder to characterize...
After decades of believing, antitobacco forces finally found their Santa Claus. Sure enough, he's short, plump and round, sports a silver beard and grins impishly. But his name isn't Santa Claus, it's Bennett LeBow...
...active defense attorney, having defended such clients as O.J. Simpson, Claus Von Bulow, Leona Helmsley and Mike Tyson. He has also authored several books including Reasonable Doubts, Chutzpah and Reversal of Fortune...
...there's no Santa Claus, but it turns out there is that other much-wished-for bringer of good cheer, the anonymous benefactor. Over the past 15 years, CHARLES FEENEY has secretly given away $600 million and put an additional $3.5 billion into his two charities so that it can be proffered later. Only now has he confessed to his good deeds. He did it because he's sold the chain of duty-free shops that made all the money, and is facing a lawsuit in which his munificence would be revealed anyway. So furtive has Feeney been about...
...Christmas tree is a secular (i.e., non-religious) symbol, then why is it called a Christmas tree? Over the years, I've heard many people claim that Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and other "symbols of the season" have nothing to do with Christmas. At my public (i.e., state-run) high school, school officials were thrilled to display five Christmas trees prominently throughout the building--this despite the "separation of Church and State" which this country supposedly promises. The librarian even claimed that the evergreen in the library--decorated with tinsel, lights, and ornaments, which appeared in early December...