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Word: harrision (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jerry Herman, who built his reputation as the composer and lyricist of Hello, Dolly and Mame, argues that in the theater, "the strongest single force you could have is a larger-than-life lady on the stage." That chivalric premise is supported by two current Broadway delights, Bernadette Peters' act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Leading Ladies | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

In Hay Fever, by contrast, there are depths beneath the glittering surface. Harris and a gifted supporting cast manage to suggest most of them despite Director Brian Murray's heavy-handed style, which emphasizes pandemonium rather than character study. The slender plot depicts the artsy Bliss family at play in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Leading Ladies | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

Harris plays the phoniest, deadliest and most seductive figure in the clan, fluttering her eyelashes and flinging her hands up in merry confusion every time she gives another derailing shove to the rules of common courtesy. Her monstrous misbehavior is accompanied by an elfin, confessional grin calculated to excuse a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Leading Ladies | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

In the world of megadollar mergers, it is perhaps only fitting that court fines are also measured in billions. Three weeks ago, a Houston jury ordered Texaco to pay Pennzoil $10.5 billion in damages for snatching Getty Oil away from Pennzoil in a takeover battle. Judge Solomon Casseb last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Texaco Star Strikes Out in Houston | 12/23/1985 | See Source »

Harris said she would like to see the street commemorate King because "Black people depend on athletes too much for role models" whereas the civil rights leader "should be remembered forever."

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: City May Dedicate Ewing St. | 11/19/1985 | See Source »

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