Word: falterings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...actors handle this difficult material skillfully; Sullivan is especially good at sustaining and timing Hallie's disturbing descent into cruel racism. The threesome falter but once, as they move toward the climax of the play. They need to take more time, to let each line sink in, and we would feel the shattering moment with all of its power. All in all, though, director and cast do great justice to Master Fugard...
...Gilchrist's stories, there aren't any good ones. The relationships falter and die because of the men who are narrow-minded like Rhoda's father, or selfish like the married man in "Anna, Part I" or downright violent like the Lebanese immigrant in "The Emancipator" and the Black husband in "Memphis...
...panel appointed by his predecessor, T.H. Bell. Bennett contended that primary schoolchildren are "getting better at basic skills" like reading, writing and arithmetic. But, he maintained, "when asked to begin applying these skills to the acquisition of more complex knowledge, usually around fourth grade, many begin to falter," in part because of growing distractions outside school...
...only other league loss, the Crimson finally statred scoring goals in the final period, coming back from a four-goal deficit to fall 7-5. Only at Vermont did the Crimson scoring machine falter...
Baby Doc's grip began to falter last November when his security forces opened fire on student demonstrators in the coastal town of Gonaives. Three people were killed. The ensuing protests added momentum to a rebellion among young Haitians who saw little chance for improvement in their lives under Duvalier. The opposition movement was supported by the Roman Catholic Church, which since the 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II had protested Duvalier's indifference to the country's squalor. Last month a new wave of protests swept the country. Although Duvalier's troops and police maintained control of Port...