Word: draggings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week, the images and the reality were hard to sort out. Power, yes, and the will to use it, yes. But to what end? And with what effect? Will briefly disabling Gaddafi's radar mean less terrorism or more? Will aiding Honduras serve to keep Nicaragua at bay or drag U.S. troops into a thickening morass...
Your essay constitutes a veiled and unjustified attack on library staff and is likely to do so much damage to their effectiveness in dealing with library users that it cannot be ignored. "Libraries" don't drag their feet and "libraries" don't shuffle papers; only sentient beings can be described that way, and your form of innuendo effectively suggests that once again it's those dullards behind the desk who are standing between the students and the books. I solemnly reject that implication, because I can testify to the intelligence and integrity of the people who make the best they...
Even when books don't come in on time at the Coop--a real emergency for students--the libraries continue to drag their feet. If the books missing from the Coop weren't on the professor's original reserve request list--as to be expected--then the new request goes to the end of the line, and the books don't show up for weeks or months...
...impending audit. Apparently, Leslie correctly listed his sex as male before moving in with Jon. And, IRS inspector Floyd Spinner (Mark H. Levine) is sent out to their apartment to investigate. The rest of the play is loosely based on what happens when Leslie dresses up in drag to avoid a jail sentence for perjuring on an IRS form...
...overall, the personalities remain static, and this fact in combination with an unchanging set makes the play seem to drag on. Perhaps director Karen Bergreen should shorten it. In any case, Romantic Comedy is an enjoyable play for an hour-and-a-half. But prepare yourself for a long final half-hour...