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Word: cleverly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...show's final big bonus is Don Meuse's extraordinarily varied and ornate scenery; the nine sets include the CocaBanana Nightclub, the Queen's ice palace (used for calisthenics), and the Little Swamp of Horrors, which sports a killer bush. Clever choreography around the curtain spares the audience the tiresome delays of scene changing--a blessing, since, when a show's whole stock in trade lies in being collegiate, even a little high-schoolishness can turn it sour...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Belleboys in Love | 2/23/1984 | See Source »

...first visit to an Ivy League College so the growing look of confusion on his face was understandable. What was he to make of the significance of eight alligator heads or of one character's being offered a Pi Eta cocktail (40 beers in 30 seconds)? The clever lyrics about the old-boy network, which brought lumpen to the throats of the bourgeoisie, left him cold...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Belleboys in Love | 2/23/1984 | See Source »

...year-old symbol of Olympic unity and international brotherhood. Not quite. Look closer. The three uppermost circles have been transformed into the letters a, b, c, and they are linked arm in arm with the lower two. ABC's logotype for the Sarajevo Games is more than just clever corporate iconography; it symbolizes the union between television and the Olympics, a continuing love affair between technology and the athletes it covers. It is a match made in advertising heaven and the visionary mind of Roone Arledge, the president of ABC News and Sports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Your Ticket to the Games | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

Interpreted historically, they record the harshness and cruelty of rural life. In the peasant version, Little Red Riding Hood does not escape the wolf. Darnton's portrait of France is impressionistic, a series of sketches, but it is striking, original and often very clever. Félicitations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Miaou! | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...with, virtuosic, humorous dance that had its world premiere in 1976. This almost ultra modern dance takes classical ballet and turns it inside out. Twyla Tharp catches each tradition and turns it into a hilarious joke. With music by Fran, Joseph Hayden and Joseph Lamp and a confident, clever set of dancers. "Push Comes to Shove" was a smashing hit. Tuesday night Danilo Radojevic. Marianna Techerkasky and Susan Jaffe led the ballet although Cheryl Yeager and Clark Tippet each made substantial contributions to the dance's success...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Comme Ci, Comme Ca | 2/3/1984 | See Source »

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