Word: clay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brother who is made even weaker by his brother's success. At the same time, Americans want their leaders to be godlike but still connected to the soil from which they sprang; so it is psychologically useful if the President is a colossus but his brother has feet of clay...
...course it is essential for citizens of a democracy to know that their superiors have feet of clay, but we seem to think we have been naive or apathetic citizens unless we think of them as clay from head to foot. It is also fashionable in intellectual circles to deride the police and the army as merely instruments of imperialism and authoritarian repression, a stance which makes respect for the executive branch of government even more difficult...
...down the line back then, I would have won a few more French Opens, at least." She blends tinkering with her game with a methodical shortening of her schedule, playing a little less each year. She has bypassed the French Open, with its two weeks of endless running on clay, since 1988, and the Australian Open, in Down Under swelter that can reach 140 degreesF on court, since 1989. She takes a three-month spring break, plays no-pressure exhibitions in midsummer and enters a minimum number of tournaments to meet the rules. Next year, when many people expected that...
...friend of Shaw's from Summer School, Clay T.Mitchell '95, says Shaw claimed during the summerto be an undergraduate living at Mather House.Mitchell said he believed that claim until hisproctor told him otherwise...
...that Leland attributes to me many of the artistic decisions of the play--the choice of Michael McNeal as Clay, my additions to the Conductor's part, etc., and yet, she doesn't credit me with the casting of Cohen as Lula. I wanted a younger Lula, and the decision to make the character more hysterical from the outset was mine as well. I have studied this play for four years now, and I firmly believe that Dutchman is anything but a subtle play, and Lula is anything but a realistic, "normal" character. She is most certainly not "bitter...