Word: gellman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unanswerable questions of children are treated with dignity and humor in Does God Have a Big Toe? (Harper & Row; $14.95). Marc Gellman, a rabbi, patiently retells Bible stories from a youthful view: Noah said to his friend, "You know, Jabal, this might be a very good time for you to take those swimming lessons you have been talking about for so long." Adam and his wife, Moses and his tablets, Joseph and his coat -- all are here with their moral testaments, made even easier to apprehend with Oscar de Mejo's eloquent landscapes of Eden and afterward...
Brown students, however, reacted with indignation, primarily because they said the university was unjustified in conducting the search. "Most people thought it was an unreasonable invasion of privacy," said junior Kenneth R. Gellman...
...early to gauge French compliance with the new measure, but the government's action has produced an indignant outcry on this side of the Atlantic. Columnists have ridiculed the new law and vowed linguistic retaliation Newsweek's David Gellman sounded the clario for a counterattack...
Other characters come off somewhat better. Freshman Merv Griffin gives a feeling of honesty to his role of Curtis Mann, the Janitor-turned-member of the band. Myrna Gellman (Sabrina Peck) has one of the livelier roles, and Peck provides the infectious enthusiasm and strong singing that the play must have to survive. Other characters: the British corporate heir of clipped accents and buried principles (Anthony Calnek) or the young committed activist, Barbara MacNeil (Sue Morris), carry off competent portrayals of paper-mache stereotypes...