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...surprisingly, since the marriage began in the late 19th century, I Do, I Do is almost unbelievably sexist in its entire conception. As Agnes, Adrianne Angel plays a housewife who is innocent and fairly childish, but who provides the family's stability. As the husband, Ray Dash is the rather selfish head of the household who manages to make all the family's decisions despite his dependence on Agnes--although, predictably, she figures out early on in the relationship how to manipulate him into agreeing with her. I Do, I Do was written in the mid-'60s, but it still...
...next question, of course, is whether or not two really superb actors could carry it off. It seems unlikely. Angel is occasionally rather shrill, and Dash is frequently stiff, but the fault seems to lie more with the book and direction than with the actors. Both of them have relatively good voices, and once in a while they manage to engage the audience's sympathy despite the play's flaws; but the cliches destroy the effect almost immediately. We can cheer Angel's decision to break out of the marriage when her husband has an affair--Angel does a brilliant...
That was time enough. While the diversions went on, seven prisoners were making a dash for another section of the wall at the northern corner of the yard (see diagram). As usual during routine operations, the tower nearest to it was unmanned. The men erected a makeshift ladder crudely fashioned out of iron water pipes stolen from the prison's plumbing. Frantically, the men scrambled up the ladder and wiggled under the 2,300-volt electrified barbed wire that ran 18 in. above the top. At about that moment, all of the phones inexplicably went dead in the prison...
...Europe and received a medal and an envelope. The envelope contained a cash "appearance fee"-remuneration for showing up to compete in the event-and the provider was a member of the host country's amateur federation. An American track-meet promoter, anxious to lure a top dash man to his indoor meet to increase the gate, called a speedster and promised him $800 plus expenses for joining the field. But two meets were scheduled on the opposite coast for the same weekend, and the sprinter had been offered round-trip plane tickets by both meet directors...
...rein in what it considers an overly rapid growth in the money supply now that inflation is bumping back up to double-digit levels. The Federal Reserve's move toward tighter credit, while welcomed by businessmen who share Burns' concern about inflation, helped to dash hopes of a spring rally in the stock market. Having worried down steadily from its close of 1004.65 last Dec. 31, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped another 31.63 points last week to 898.83, its lowest level in 16 months...