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...about the things it can buy; back when he was a civilian, he bought his suits off the rack at Dillard's in Little Rock, ate cheap, rarely took a vacation. Instead, the obsession is about the things money can do: open doors, grease wheels, make friends, cushion blows...and win elections...
...primary, and he's gamely offering his own business experience to the First District as a change from business as usual. O'Sullivan has a straight-arrow Republican platform--he's for term limits, budget cutting and workfare--but to soften his hard-line fiscal policy he proposes a cushion of universal health care and reduced insurance rates for the self-employed...
...Eagles' wounds seven minutes later, junior midfielder Keren Gudeman fired a perfect, long cross pass to Stauffer deep in left wing enemy territory. Disgracing her defender, stauffer managed to get off an almost 90degree angle shot that befuddled Boston College's goalkeeper and gave Harvard a 2-0 cushion...
...That 2-0 cushion quickly became a 3-0 waterbed as the relentless Stauffer took advantage of chaos in front of the Boston College net to bazooka another rocket by the hapless Eagle goaltender...
Albee once explained in an interview that he interprets the play title, which refers to the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?," as "Who's afraid of living life without false illusions?" All four characters cushion their own anxieties with closely guarded self-deceptions, and each eventually reveals himself to one of the other characters; this transformation, aided by alcohol, poses one of the greatest challenges for the four actors. Luckily all of the performances were at least adequate; however, Ayres and Moulton, playing the elder couple, are slightly more believable, or perhaps more energetic, throughout...