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Word: dashes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...narrow doorway, only the orchestra was visible and the brightly-lit scrim which changed color from scene to scene: red, green, blue. Stage lights turned the air to a tinged blue haze which echoed with the disembodied voices of actors and laughter and applause. Every so often an actor dashed through the greenroom, grabbing a throat lozenge or gulp of water along the way. "We have a pretty good audience" Douglas Hughes breathed in mid-dash. Upstairs, Dorothy Weaver, the producer, watched from the top row of the balcony. She anticipated every light cue by anxiously looking up seconds before...

Author: By Mercedes A. Laing, | Title: BEHIND THE GREENROOM DOOR | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

Butler took six stitches in his hands after being knocked down in the closing yards of a trial heat for the 600 yd. dash...

Author: By Stephen W. Parker, | Title: Embree Sets New Mark; Track Team Takes Fourth | 3/8/1976 | See Source »

...which only members of clubs are invited--still, everyone who should be here, is here, smahshing, absolutely dahshing, spectacle, the 'Asty's opening night. Champagne glasses litter every ledge; empty bottles cover the pool table (draped with a white cloth for the occasion). Everyone waves the bubbly with reckless dash over the floor or other people. The stuff flows freely; those present have paid $12.50 apiece for this status, but there is no cash in sight. All the green paper-work has been taken care of beforehand, cleaned out of the way, so no one will have to think about...

Author: By Eleni Constantine, | Title: Spotlight, Streetlight | 3/8/1976 | See Source »

...wild pass eluded Mike Stewart at the offensive blue line and Mass Bay's Tom Scannell took off on a breakaway to notch the go-ahead goal. Then, Dea got checked off the puck at the blue line and Triton Richard Green was off on another full-rink dash and another goal. Mass...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Yardling Skaters Plaster Tritons, 10-5, Rally From 5-3 Second Period Deficit | 2/24/1976 | See Source »

...basement, rapping with the stage managers near the light-board. He is quickly recognizable. "I can't work in a coat and tie," he says. Adds Singer Marilyn Home: "He must have 50 colors of the same sweater." If he needs to dress formally, Levine can dash home in ten minutes to change at the West Side apartnient he shares with his girl friend, an oboist. He is a man in a major-key mood, and he is convinced that his presence-he will conduct two to four performances a week for half of each season-will make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Met's Young Master | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

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