Word: distractedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"I am a firm believer in simple sets. Once the opera starts, you should pay attention to the music and singing, and not be distracted by the set. Anyway, a sinister set for this opera has been done before--that's already a boring idea," Gorey says.
In fact, the best lines in this idiosyncratic little work are not from writers but from players, recollected over some four decades. Asked how he could look forward to playing a doubleheader in midsummer heat, Joe DiMaggio replies, "Well, maybe somebody never saw me before." Umpire Tom Gorman, distracted by...
Unless unforeseen international crises erupt, the success of Reagan's second term will probably be decided at home. His "window of opportunity," to use a favorite Washington phrase, is variously estimated at somewhere between 60 days and eleven months. After that, it is widely assumed that Congress will become distracted...
Nutcracker is the story of twelve year old Marie (Clara in the ballet) the merry daughter of a wealthy German noble family. On Christmas eve Marie and her brother Fritz prepare to enter the parlor of their home where piles of gifts await them. They most eagerly anticipate the annual...
The season before last, at 24, Woodley returned the Miami Dolphins, Shula's charges these past 15 years, to the Super Bowl. If the results against Washington were more than turned-around from what they had been in the undefeated season of 1972, Shula and the Dolphins plainly were...