Word: deftly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young schoolteacher (John Rubinstein) comes to Kulyenchikov. Smitten by Reed, he is swept into a kind of "Romeo and Wooliet" romance and lifts the village curse through true love. Rubinstein is an ardent and vastly sympathetic performer, but neither he nor the deft comic ministrations of Director Mike Nichols can salvage this show. For whatever it may mean, Simon's two weakest efforts in 19 plays have a Russian connection, The Good Doctor, a kind of Chekhovian doodle, and now Fools. When next tempted in that direction, he should probably say nyet. -By T.E. Kalem
...lacrosse occassionally but has given it up since he returned East in 1967. He now lives in Washington D.C., where he owns a film company that specializes in documentaries and political advertising. But when he does recall his years at Harvard. What comes to mind is not his own deft stickhandling and the resulting records. Instead he remembers former coach Bruce Munro and the 1960 Yale game...
...long-awaited decision on Rural Solidarity last week, the Supreme Court executed a deft compromise that at first appeared to defuse a dangerous possible confrontation. Thousands of peasants from all over the country, many of them wearing colorful local costumes, had converged on Warsaw to hear the court's decision first hand. They sang and cheered as Walesa, sporting a short-brimmed peasant's cap, entered the gray stone court building to attend the hearing. He got a less enthusiastic reception when he emerged onto the steps five hours later to announce the court's verdict...
Yardling leading scorer Diane Hurley, who returned to the ice after a sprained knee kept her out of action this week, set up the tally with a deft backhand pass to Alex Lightfoot from a scramble along the boards. Lightfoot, who picked up her sixth assist of the season, unleashed a drive which Ellis, last year's All-Ivy goaltender, knocked onto the stick of the perfectly positioned Fischer...
...hero of this deft assemblage is a doctor who practices in Tuscaloosa, Ala. What he practices, chiefly, is high-spirited swinishness. Ray dispenses morphine and other controlled substances to patients who are his friends; he also lends his friendly nurse to some of them. On the other hand, he pulls the plug on a cranky old man who annoys him. Unsteadily launched on his second marriage, Ray fools around with a succession of compliant women, while visions of high-heeled nudes out of Penthouse dance in his head. He looks back longingly to his days as a fighter pilot...