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...Tahitian years. By 1880 the Sunday painter in his 30s had become a tardy impressionist, imitating Pissarro's landscapes and Mary Cassatt's moppets. After ten years of work in Paris, Brittany and with Van Gogh in Arles, Gauguin was making his first real masterpieces, like The Ham, 1889, a still life that pays homage to Cezanne and Manet while equaling both in its rigor and sensuousness, and Yellow Christ, 1889, with its startling extremes of yellow and orange. This painting of peasants adoring a wayside crucifix was also, perhaps, an allegory of Gauguin's opinion of himself: Christ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Seeing Gauguin Whole at Last | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

Celimene's spacy cousin, Eliante (Natasha Shapiro) is more of a ham, Despite a dress that makes her look like Miss Havisham...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: The Word is Absurd | 5/4/1988 | See Source »

Especially strong are the performances of Laurence Thomsen and Maria Catherine Troy, who play the befuddled Dr. and Mrs. Zubrisky, leading citizens in the small Russian town in which the play is set. Thomsen is a clever actor, deftly mixing deadpan and ham. Similarly, the utterly natural theatrical poise with which Troy plays her part is admirable...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Simple Simon | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

...intros are important because they let the audience get to know the different personalities of the group," says the Pitches' Kennedy. "Anyone who likes to be a ham will love a capella. The intros have become almost a necessary part of every show, and the audiences sometimes expect us to be funny...

Author: By Christopher G. Azzoli, | Title: Harvard's Vaudeville: Groups Hit High Note | 4/21/1988 | See Source »

Name AB R H RBI NameAB R H RBI K'joyan,DH 3 0 0 0 Bradley,3B5 0 1 0 McC'ghy,CF 3 1 0 0 C'nn'ham,CF 4 0 0 0 Durand,LF 3 1 0 0 Fisher,C4 0 0 0 Caprio,RF 3 1 1 0 LaBr'sse,RF4 0 0 0 R'nninger,1B 2 0 0 1 Kelfer,SS 4 0 0 0 Morelli,C 3 0 1 0 Roberts,1B3 1 1 0 Allen,3B 2 0 0 1 Ferrante,2B3 1 0 0 O'C'nnell...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Batsmen Put Terriers in Dog House, 3-2 | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

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