Word: davises
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That whiny, petulant exemplar of aching self-pity, Littlechap (Everyman writ exceeding small) is back on Broadway after 16 years of blissful absence. This time the wind-up toy clown is played by Sammy Davis Jr. As thimbleful-deep in wisdom as it is mountain-high in pretentiousness, this musical...
Davis gives the role everything he has, which is both too much and not enough. Like Liza Minnelli, who was in rapt attendance on opening night, Davis is a claque person: his fans bestow upon him an adoring worship that outstrips the sum of his actual gifts. He is a...
Does Mr. Bakke speak Spanish and is he willing to treat the poor and disadvantaged in the barrios of America? Some of the Hispanic doctors that graduated under the Davis quota system are doing just that. With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, discrimination in the professions will persist for another...
Many Californians are finding that habits acquired during the dry years are hard to break. Even though water rationing has ended in Marin County, north of San Francisco, residents are continuing to abide by a version of Governor Jerry Brown's thoughts about "less is more." They are conserving...
Nobody is quite sure what lies around the next bend. There will probably be an ever greater use of Caribbean and Latin rhythms, which Gillespie introduced in the 1940s, along with the Eastern influence passed on from Coltrane. But the past 20 years have been a time of consolidation from...