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...50th-anniversary revival that has just begun a limited run on Broadway, the memory in question is clearly that of Tennessee Williams. A large photograph of the playwright looms over the set that confronts the arriving audience. Cigarette holder in hand, he contemplates a written page. After the houselights dim, a young man comes on stage and begins to type. The projection changes to a blank piece of paper. The young man lights a cigarette, then addresses the audience, his wry drawl and courtliness gently recalling Williams himself...
...shareholders hasn't completely sunk in. When they get their hands on the proceeds of a stock sale, they don't necessarily spend it for the intended purpose. Maybe they were in the textile business, but the next thing you know, the management is making a movie or opening dim- sum joints...
Sometimes at dusk, sometimes at dawn, when the dim gray light shrouds them from the enemy, commandos of the mainly Muslim Bosnian army launch coordinated attacks on Serb positions. Using their advantage in manpower, the Bosnian troops pick their way around the enemy's heavy tanks and guns, ambushing troops or blasting through sparsely defended encampments...
...Harvard's dominance continued almost until the final whistle--Silva nearly garnered a third Crimson goal in the 113th minute. He broke in alone on Webb only to shoot wide, by which time only the dim-white ball and the mile-wide smiles of the Crimson could be seen in the pitch-blackness...
Talking about his professional prospects, he paints an equally candid, if rather dim, picture of what a 5-foot-10, 165-pounder can hope to accomplish with ninth-round draft status (like Israel, his rights are held by the Flyers) and a Beanpot ring as credentials. Even after his superlative freshman season. Tracy was drafted two rounds below Israel, scouts always preferring the upright model to the unorthodox...