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Word: donee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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After three hours of levity among corpses, both Barnes' script and the actors fave a hard time convincing the audience that the time for sadness has come now that the dying is done. Barnes continues to hammer at the same arguments, the same feminist, anti-clerical strains that he has touted all along. Whatever power they had earlier in the play, these ideas are already beginning to lose their comic appeal, and when made serious, they fall flat. The actors--who look ridiculous to start with in their spectacularly clean frocks, rags and robes--really cannot effect the change with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...panelists also agreed that the popularity of President Reagan has done much for Bush's campaign. One panelist said the Republican image as being the party of prosperity has probably aided the vice president...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Experts Cite Dukakis' Errors | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...political battle," Kingston said. "The seeding was not based on this season's play, but on what Dartmouth has done in the last few years. Some of the voters were talking out of both sides of their mouths. They told me one thing, and voted another...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Ruggers Heading For N.E. Championships | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

Although it is easier to field viable challengers against incumbent senators than against representatives, the Republicans have not had a very good recruiting year. Most Republican challengers have never served in a statewide office before, while many of the Democratic challengers have done so successfully...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Day at the Races | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

...really the only one who emphasized my qualifications, what I had done to deserve the post I was seeking," she says. "I was the only one in my speech who talked about myself, what I had done, accomplished--I used a personal anecdote in the speech, no one else...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Leading Women | 10/27/1988 | See Source »

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