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Turner fails to answer the questions about his character but Rebecca Landrum as Marie evades the problem of motivations entirely. Landrum, seducing the drum major and frightening her child to sleep, would like to be the emotional center of the play. But she remains a spoiled little girl fingering the earrings the major gives her throughout, succeeding in making even Woyzeck's love for her almost unconvincing...

Author: By Diane Sherlock, | Title: Questions upon Questions | 4/30/1976 | See Source »

...Lisbon. From their windows fluttered red flags emblazoned with the Socialist symbol-the clenched fist. Their destination was the First of May Stadium, where some 100,000 supporters turned out last week to hear Socialist Leader Mário Soares and watch folk dancers, prancing majorettes and a blaring drum-and-bugle corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Another Step Toward Democracy | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

...short pants. On opening day, peg-legged Veeck (he lost his leg as a result of a 1943 war wound) choreographed some Bicentennial foofaraw and greeted his crowd as the fife player in a fetching patriotic ceremony. Marching across the field with him were Business Manager Rudie Schaffer on drum and stern Sox Manager Paul Richards bearing the flag, both as resplendent as Veeck in Revolutionary War costumes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: TWO FOR THE SHOW | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

With the federal spigot turned off, and only so many $1,000 contributors to be found,* candidates are resorting more and more to "events" to raise cash. Arlo Guthrie is arranging concerts in 22 cities to drum up $250,000 for the faltering Harris campaign. Other candidates are relying on telethons, rock concerts, breakfasts and dinners to which they try to send their wives or children if they cannot attend themselves. Udall has forced himself to attend as many as three fund-raising parties a night despite being bone-weary from full days of campaigning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: They're Pinched | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

Producers also spike sales by making "dubs" of their hit releases. Designed for dancing, dubs consist solely of the five guitar-drum-bass rhythm tracks. Kingston's 70 discotheques crave "greatest hits" album dubs, but since they cost twice the normal amount, only the capital's top dozen discos can afford them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singing Them a Message | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

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