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...Salieri as narrator. The device impedes the dynamics of the play and some times makes the Viennese court seem like a cynically corrupted version of Grover's Corners. Early on, when Salieri is 16, he kneels in prayer and makes a Faustian compact with God. He vows to excel in virtue, magnify his talents and live his life as a tribute to his creator if only God will grant him fame...
Benbow and Stanley decided to compare boys and girls who excel at math. In six separate "talent searches" conducted from 1972 to 1979, they tested a total of 9,927 students from schools in Washington, D.C., and five states (Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania). To be eligible the students had to score in the upper 2% to 5% on a standard math test. As part of the study, the students, seventh-and eighth-graders, took both the math and verbal sections of the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Tests. Boys and girls performed equally well...
Mark Fusco whipped a bullet past Demetroulakos for a power-play tally at 15:59, and Burke--who continued to excel--slammed one home on a breakaway despite added red, black and white poundage draped around his legs to close the gap to 5-4 where it remained until 1:44 of the third period...
...services for the benefit of some 1,500 public agencies in Iowa. A beneficent act of Congress requires that federal excess property be offered to state and local agencies, virtually free of charge, before it is put on public auction. That means before all those cigar-chomping characters who excel at turning a profit from reselling Government castoffs can lay hands...
...those moments when Pinter permits his characters to behave like familiar people, feeds them flowing dialogue and critical musings, the actors excel. Jordan is charmingly lost as he flirts with Emma, mourning his painful life as the prince of emptiness ruling over the state of Catatonia. Appropriately bemused, Benedict describes the ritual squash game which precedes the ritual "winner buys" lunch. Agutter's role is most difficult, for she is not given such an opportunity to step away from her job as walking chess piece. Only in the early love scenes with Jerry can she display any character...