Word: evening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...secret to Da lies deeper, however, than his bumpkin mannerisms or even his placid gentility. His ignorance serves as a shield against the violent onslaught of painful knowledge. In Da's world, where rosebush cuttings and fresh peaches take first priority, knowledge can only oppress. By reinforcing the suffering of the lower class, teaching them about a better way of life they can never have, this knowledge ultimately spurs Charlie to leave Ireland for London and middle class success as a writer. But Da remains blissful in his ignorance...
Shuffling about the stage, doing business with his pipe, playing with a mimed dog, recoiling from a searing tea pot, Hughes gives Da even more life than Leonard wrote into the script. At times, he recalls Uncle Ernie of My Three Sons; at others he is Shakespeare's Falstaff. But throughout, Hughes' twinkly eyes and subtle, vaporous quality make him the perfect embodiment of one of Hugh Leonard's bothersome voices...
High atop the House of Kirkland, surrounded by all the comforts of a modern-day baronet (water bed, stand up bar, powerful stereo) lives the man who will carry the lance in Saturday's joust against Yale. Even if the foe unseats him, his name will still resound like that of a king: Judson Burke St. John...
Opening day was perfect, St. John--living in the shadow of Brian Buckley's and Ron Cuccia's academic exile and the even bigger dark space left by the graduation of Larry Brown-showed that he belonged in an elite signal-calling fraternity. He completed 10 of 17 for 153 yds., but, even more importantly, established himself as a leader...
...followed St. John proved either incapable of leading the team, or got hurt before they had the chance. Two Harvard losses followed St. John's injury. He returned against Darmouth, but played on a tender knee, limiting his most potent weapon, the pass-run option. "Burke can run, but even after he came back, his injury took that away," Restic says...