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...protagonist is Edward Damson (Michael Pennington), a famous playwright for whom the theater is a religion and its most sacred ritual the revenge- murder that he sees at the heart of Greek tragedy. Edward has a fanatical faith in the cleansing purity of blood vengeance. His wife Helen (Judi Dench), who holds deeply to a liberal belief in fairness and mercy, is his muse and counterbalance -- playing Athena, goddess of reason, to his Perseus, the mythological hero who killed the monstrous Gorgon. The play hinges on the passionate dialectic between these two, which turns ominous when it leaves the realm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Succeeding At Extremes | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

...Sullivan Principles don't mean any thing in terms of moral behavior It's a publicity feather in their [the Corporation's] cap-nothing else," said Damson A Silvers 86, a member of the South African Solidarity Committee...

Author: By Robert M. Neeh, | Title: Pepsico Signs Sullivan Code, Downplays Harvard Influence | 4/13/1984 | See Source »

...flat generalization. And for once children are portrayed without any of the usual cuteness: Tina's two girls are devoid of any charm. They are brats pure and simple. Benjamin is slimy and nervous, like a persnickety housewife himself: everything must be just so-the salad, the furniture, the damson plum preserves. Snodgrass' real housewife is suitably hassled and frustrated by the mad world around her, but she meets it head-on: this is no sob story of a woman lost in an overbearing situation not of her own making. Perhaps her madness consists only of her willingness to fight...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Diary of a Mad Housewife gone, but will be back next month | 1/13/1971 | See Source »

...monks now turn out 27 flavors (e.g., pineapple-mint, rhubarb-orange, damson plum) in a factory on their 2,300-acre property, work in shifts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. over the steaming vats. The jellies are distributed in all 50 states and in Canada by Heublein, Inc. (packaged cocktails). They sell for slightly more than similar jellies. "We have a fair markup," says Father John Holohan, St. Joseph's subprior (who has permission to talk because he must confer with "the outside world"). "We have never wanted to take advantage of our free labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: Render unto Caesar | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

Veterans Barry Damson, Bob Sussman, Bob Leet, and Jack Linehan, should help Eliot improve on its 2-6 soccer record of last season, and the prospects for the touch football and cross country teams are equally good. The latter is the defending league champion and will be bolstered by Alexander Martin, who finished first in the '54 meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twenty-Fifth Intramural Season to Begin Next Week With House Football, Soccer | 10/7/1955 | See Source »

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