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...actors standing around listlessly between histrionics. The storm, of course, is brought in by the arrival of Serebriakov and Elena, and foreshadows the emotional storm in the third act; but when the rain is abruptly turned off after the two depart it cheapens a very subtle metaphor. And I confess I don't really understand the point of the jazz music that is played at the beginning and end of each act. Although it is beautiful, lonely music it has nothing to do with the rhythm of the production; if it did, it would have been a daring move...
...worried. Clearly not as tightly wound as many other athletes, Buckley doesn't get extremely excited. He doesn't worry. He wants to win one game at a time. He obviously wants to win the League, and especially The Game, very badly, but he doesn't fret. He will confess only to his anxiety about getting enough Yale tickets for his large (five brothers and sisters) family and friends from Marblehead...
...cited Skocpol's award-winning book as evidence of Skocpol's scholarly abilities. "The general reaction to her book was quite positive--she clearly has a pretty powerful reputation." Seymour M. Lipset, professor of political science at Stanford and a former dissertation adviser to Skocpol, said yesterday. "I must confess I'm a bit surprised that this happened," he added
...come-with-me-to-Casablancas approach does not appeal to his competitors. "I confess to unpleasant feelings about John," the urbane Jerry Ford told TIME. "His methods are sleazy. I don't like him and I don't respect him." William Weinberg, who has headed Wilhelmina since the death last year of the former Ford model who founded the eponymous agency, disparages Casablancas with the observation: "The agencies were always competitive but never this low. The Fords always evidenced an ethic and created many of the good practices that benefited the models." Says Casablancas, who speaks in often...
...present my point of view of the last President years- its impact on myself, the impact on Israel of President Sadat's the my encounters with President Carter. I'll have to treat the situation almost like the eve of elections and present my platform. I confess I don't have all the answers. But people are asking what I propose, and I have to answer...