Word: dynamos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...central figure in all this is Henry. He is a dynamo, constantly moving in and out of his "reality," constantly challenging his audence's ideas of "onstage" and "offstage." His view of the world seems at first childlike--as the doctor notes--but it steadily gains momentum and substance, building up to an explosion in which Henry reveals the truth. He is not mad and has not been for several years; rather, he feigns insanity in order to "tear off the comic masks" from the faces of others and to "reveal all their trappings as mere disguises." For Henry, life...
When you're worth $10 billion, you can afford to collect Gulfstreams, Ferraris and yachts. But last week Jeff Bezos, the founder of e-tailing dynamo Amazon.com had his sights set a little lower. Like millions of Internet surfers searching for their favorite obscure trinkets, Bezos joined an online auction, bidding for a pack of 1977 Star Wars trading cards. Alas, the buying force was not with him. He dropped out when the price got too high...
...giving its developers a look at the guts of its upcoming Navigator 5.0. No word yet on when we, the people, will actually see the final product, but a spokesman told me that the next Netscape/AOL browser will feature, for the first time, a completely rebuilt "layout engine"--the dynamo that melds the images, text and other media of a Web page and paints them on your screen. The new model is expected to load pages considerably faster, while taking up significantly less hard-drive space. That's a good thing since Navigator's current browser package (including a mail...
Matt Bauer, endearing as an energetic, tap-dancing dynamo in the part of Charley, would have done Bolger proud; he exuded a reckless spirit in defiance of the implicit boundary between performer and audience, even inviting the audience to sing with him in the rousing "Once in Love with Amy." Bauer's high tenor and reedy voice made his deception as Charley's aunt believable, and he slipped with ease into the role of his own aunt, offering pouty and witty observations about women and relationships while playing "hard-to-get" with Sir Francis and Mr. Spettigue...
...Bevilacqua (10 goals, 3 assists) was themost complete player on the team until a kneeinjury slowed him down for part of the year. Oncethe best shortstick defenseman, a dynamo one-manclear, Lou focused his efforts on the offensiveend, scoring and getting the man-up unit clicking.His return and his courageous play despite injuryhelp explain the late surge by the Crimson. Had hebeen healthy, he almost certainly would havejoined his brother on the list of post-seasonhonorees...