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Word: hobbes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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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 »

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