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...lowered federal spending make salary money scarcer, and recessions in some states have brought budget cuts at public universities (Utah, for example, will eliminate 95 faculty positions over the next three years). The result: with entrenched senior professors guarding the gateway to tenure, many junior professors are facing dim prospects and shaky job security. Meanwhile, many colleges are calling into question the concept of tenure itself...
...host of other solid performances surround these two central ones. Heather Gunn, as Constance, (or, as husband Wolfgang would have it, "Stanzel Wanzel") keeps up with Sullivan's playfulness and establishes an engaging presence of her own. Zak Klobucher, as the rather dim-witted Emperor Joseph, is suitably laughable; he delivers each and every line with sharply-pointed wit. The Venticelli (Dan Cloherty and Steve Lyne), with their expertly-timed dialogue, also deserve special mention...
...picture Kirkland paints of the dance world is a dim one. In the New York City Ballet, dancers commit their bodies and hearts solely to their art. The late George Balanchine--the undeniable father of American ballet--insisted that his dancers be reed thin, without hips or breasts to detract from the line of the arms and legs...
Perry's weight fluctuates from mildly incredible to phenomenally spectacular and has risen far enough above 300 lbs. to dim the defensive tackle's offensive sidelight, which had been so symbolic of Bear dominance. Ditka, who for the moment acknowledges the New York Jets as the N.F.L.'s foremost team, has pledged Perry will carry the ball again "as soon as his weight gets a little nearer to a vicinity we'd like." Asked what vicinity it occupies now, Ditka replies, "Chicago." This season's odd shadow is being cast by Doug Flutie, the 5-ft. 9-in. quarterback from...
...links Cornish, N.H., with Windsor, Vt., leaping the brown, swirling waters of the Connecticut River in two giant spans joined by a pier in the center of the stream. There is bright sunshine outside, and the fall foliage is brilliant with color, but inside the bridge there is only dim light from the small windows spaced along the sides. Some motorists turn on their lights...