Word: expendable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SURELY no modern audience is often asked to expend the kind of mental effort that keeping up with The School for Scandal requires. The plot is spiderwebbed from the beginning: a "school" of conniving gossips with names like Benjamin Backbite. Lady Sneer-well, and Mr. Snake, whose greatest pleasure is to ruin the reputations of upright citizens through rumor. Lady Sneerwell (Shirley Wilber), it turns out, is also passing the time by angling for the heart of a young heir to-be-named Charles Surface (Stephen Rowe); her strategy is to connive with Charles's brother Joseph (Tony Shalhoub...
...president probably believes what he said to the convention. But he has also shown that he realize how difficult it would be to pass measures dealing with abortion and school prayer and therefore has decided not to expend much political capital on those issues. Sending a school prayer Constitutional amendment to Congress with words of support is one thing: intensive lobbying such as the President did for the tax cut and the AWACS sale is quite another, and Reagan has shown little public enthusiasm for the latter where abortion and school prayer are concerned...
With such a lead it seemed odd that Yale Coach Maggie Muldoon would expend enough energy to be called for a technical foul. She needn't have worried since the Cantabs were missing free throws almost as regularly as field goals...
Ragardless of whether the Outing Club chooses to expend its activities or remain quietly informal, it will remain one of the least expensive and enjoyable ways for Harvard students to take advantage of nearby natural resources and wilderness facilities. "The Outing Club has been one of my better experiences at Harvard," Mender concludes. "In fact, it's the one I'm going to remember the most...
Four years after an embarrassing surprise defeat. Dukakis says he will be victorious because he has a better organization, a better gubernatorial record, and a more responsible approach to the issues. While some may challenge the reasons he puts forth, few now doubt his formidable determination to expend enough energy to return to the Statehouse...