Word: dead
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Like his two predecessors, Haydon became a candidate for heart replacement because of terminal cardiomyopathy, a progressive weakening of the heart muscle. But his chances seemed better than those of either Clark or Schroeder. Clark, who was all but dead at the time of his implant surgery, not only had heart disease but was suffering from emphysema; Schroeder had diabetes and advanced atherosclerosis...
...play deserve these responses? To an extent, yes. O'Neill was aiming for ultramodern tragedy in his tale of Nina Leeds (Jackson) and the men in her life over a quarter-century's time. Nina is an Everywoman, crippled by her need to be all women. To her dead sweetheart Gordon she must be a faithful widow. To her widowed father (Tom Aldredge) she must be a doting sister. To her weak husband (James Hazeldine) she must be a mother. To the young doctor (Brian Cox) who secretly sires her son, she must pretend to be just a friend...
...passing vehicles; the authorities opened fire with rubber bullets and bird shot. For hours, police chased rioters through a labyrinth of tumbledown shacks. By the time the battle had subsided the following day, 28 police vehicles had been damaged and 26 policemen injured on the one side; 18 were dead and 250 wounded on the other...
...best bits into formal scenes for the next revue. Tonight the audience is asked to suggest professions. "Psycho killer!" someone shouts. O.K., you asked for it. Dan Castellaneta, a stand-in that night, comes back as a bellowing lunatic, confronting an unfortunate career counselor: "Those people aren't dead! They just went swimming! Without their limbs...
...have to think of what the actors look like, what they're going to be wearing and what the set is like," explains Smith. Black actors are usually featured in lavender or green light, while green light can make a white actor look dead, he adds...