Word: holdes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...important and intricate part. Between them, they bring the audience a father and son alike, desperately needing roots and a tangible grasp of life, struggling against the poisonous and destructive vanity of dreams. Inane, pompous, and deeply sympathetic, Gitter plays a Willy whose final grasp for something to hold in his hand still springs from an illusion, and is meaningless to all but Biff...
...much of the playwright's work. In a single room with plain words the Tyrones struggle to explain and justify their lives, and their drama is not a drama of action, but of souls trapped and in conflict: unwilling to stay, unable to destroy the bonds of love that hold them or halt the movement of time which gives them no reprieve...
...Student Council Committee to investigate the Thimann Plan last night decided to hold a forum to ascertain faculty and student opinion on the proposal to abolish non-honors work in the Biochemical sciences...
With very few exceptions, Advocate stories in the past few years have invariably centered on either idiots or children. Last year, children seemed to hold the lead, but this year, apparently, the imbeciles have taken over. Realizing that these subjects are easier for developing writers to work with, one still wishes that they would occasionally, tackle something more mature. The current issue of the Advocate, however, seems to contradict this preference, for the two best stories concern an idiot and a retarded hillbilly, while the one supposedly mature characterization is a dismal failure...
...change the commission's verdict. "This is Paul," Vlasblom maintained, "the man directly in the grip of God." But the commission seemed adamant and the huge clay statue, still uncast in concrete, began to deteriorate in its wrapping of old rags and oilcloth. "It can't hold out much longer," said Mrs. Vlasblom sadly. "Soon the fingers will begin falling...