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Play does have a sound-dramatic structure, but it somehow fails to involve the audience in the problem it seeks to pose. Hart doesn't really speak his mind until past the half-way point. By then it's too late to build suspense, and the action gallops along at a choppy, unconvincing pace. Much of the dialogue aims to display the character's materialism with irrelevant wisecracks, most of which are not too amusing and some of which are completely unessential. If Hart cut down the jokes and added to the credibility and development of his central issue, Play...
...will leave Phillips Brooks House and Hilles Library every 15 minutes Saturday to take students to Wellmet House, the half-way house for former mental patients run by PBH. All interested in working at Wellmet next year are invited...
...gave a bouvancy to their lines, that prefigured the best qualities of the concert. Bach's Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, however, was disappointing in just these respects. The tempo was too slow, the words were totally inaudible in the women's parts, and the sopranos lost their nerve half-way through. Their tone lost all conviction, and the pitch, already shaky, deteriorated...
...time I arrived Steve and Dave had already been clocked once for 40 yards. I wasn't quite awake yet and I wanted to make sure I was loose, so I started these exercises we use in track. Dave told me later that the scout, watching impatiently half-way down the field, quietly remarked. 'This kid's a real showboat...
This season, he started slowly, but launched a five-meet winning streak about half-way through. "Actually everything started to come together after I lost to Manness by 13 points at Princeton," Murphy said. "I hit my peak against Yale" -- he won the dive by 40 points -- "and then the Eastern just fell into place...