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Later Sunday a judge ordered him committed for mental treatment and commitment panes said his family reported Putts had been confined to mental institutions regarded for the past 10 years, Hobb said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prisoner Sets Cell Ablaze, Killing 27 in Miss. Jail | 11/9/1982 | See Source »

...with three great, storybook houses rising out of a gorgeously detailed back-drop. But Alex Begin's harsh, bright lighting makes the set seem stark, even Beckettian. It comes to life only during an imaginative sunset-to-sunrise sequence in the second act, acquiring magical, mysterious depth. Valerie Hobb's colorful, deliriously clashing costumes also don't take the light particularly well--they look as if they could use a sprinkle of MSG to bring them out. But they are stuffed with modest, witty flourishes, and they would work if they had any connection with the set. Were the designers...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Predictable Pratfalls | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

Harvard's performance in sabre--the Waterloo weapon of many a visiting team in New Haven--proved the undoing of the Crimson. Edo Marion's sabre men were able to capture only one win in nine bouts. Steve Hobb's 5-4 win in the first round was the nearest Harvard came to breaking into the win column against Yale in sabre action...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Yale Upsets Fencers, 14-13; Crimson Must Share Ivy Title | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

...Nutter's poem, a modernized "Inferno," was the hit of the evening. Mr. Hobb's oration was also well received. The various toasts were interspersed with songs, solos being given by Messrs. Carroll, Baldwin, Chanler, W. W. Winslow, White, Webster and others, besides numerous choruses, in which the class joined with a will. The following toasts were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOPHOMORE CLASS DINNER. | 4/18/1883 | See Source »

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