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SERBAN, who first created the Sganarelle collection at Yale four years ago, has almost as much fun with the plays as do the actors. In Moliere's time, the farces that revolve around the stock character, Sganarelle, were part of the commedia dell'arte repertory of his company. The original master could rely on the improvisational technique of a fixed crew of actors to excite and entertain. Serban continues this tradition by having his actors trade roles in each of the four farces. The constant rotation fosters an appreciation for the different inflections of the characterizations, but it also builds...
...half Carrillo took advantage of a heaven-sent opportunity. Charging a back pass from Tiger fullback Gloria Hammond to goalie Kelly O'Dell, Carrillo found herself all alone in front of the net when the ball slipped through O'Dell's grasp. She forcefully knocked the ball into the open goal for the game's only score...
Suddenly, in 1980, Princeton emerged almost from nowhere as the team to beat. The addition of freshman goalkeeper Kelly O'Dell, who played like a veteran from the start and quickly became the league's top goalie, seemed to make all the difference for the Tigers. They went through the regular season undefeated, a record which included a 4-1 win over the Crimson in Princeton...
...romances, were responsible for sales upwards of $100 million in 1980 -representing over one-fourth of mass-market softcover volumes. This year is expected to be even bigger. As gothics and antebellum adventures fade, the "contemporaries," as the trade labels them, are becoming the ardor of the day. Says Dell Vice President Ross Claiborne: "It's a license to print money." The license requires a plucky heroine up against heartrending odds (job problems; the other woman). Object: the tycoon or professional of her choice (see box). Unlike TV soaps or racier novels, the romances always view the boudoir...
...Dalton Booksellers chain, where romances account for 30% of mass-market paperback sales: "The women know what days their new lines arrive here. They buy four or six novels at a whack, every month." The market is so febrile that Avon has published the first homosexual romance, Gaywick; Dell has done a black contemporary, and Jove plans a "Second Chance at Love" series, for divorcees starting over...