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...after being cowed by such a mother, would so quake at the parent- child bond that she would abandon her toddler to relatives and head off to Europe to teach? What kind of child, growing up as the object of battle between such willful women, would prove at once fiercer and more forgiving than either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Willful Women, Home Truths | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

...also quick to lash out as the debate grew fiercer, and, when accused of "sliming" a speaker with his criticism, responded, "I don't know what 'slime,' means--I didn't go to college...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Textbooks & Lizards' Tongues: Monday Night With Al Vellucci | 1/25/1989 | See Source »

...Lettice and Lovage, Shaffer's rambling but zesty comedy. The first act takes place in a dreary stately home, adorned chiefly by her fanciful tales. The last rings in the movement against modern architecture, a campaign / that, thanks in part to the patronage of Prince Charles, enjoys far fiercer support in Britain than in the U.S. To Lettice, modernism scorns the past and its romance. Yet what lingers from the play's three sprawling hours is Smith's one-woman parade of fussy antics and arch-nasalities to the dumb-struck wonderment of Margaret Tyzack as the horrified boss turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: London's Dry Season | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

Ideally, yesterday's game would serve as a tune-up for later contests against fiercer foes. In the next two weeks, the Crimson will face St. John's, Adelphi and Brown. The Brown game, in Providence, R.L., is especially important. The winner will remain in contention for the Ivy League title...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Cat Comeback | 4/7/1988 | See Source »

...toughest competitors, Suess, is a long-time rival of Greene's. The two have competed against each other since they were 13, but this time the battle may be a little fiercer, Earlier this year, Suess handed Greene her only defeat of the dual meet season, something that Greene has not forgotten. But she feels that "it is fun to compete with her. Andi always pushes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diving Deeper to Reach New Heights | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

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