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...lack of a "killer instinct" allowed the embattled Minutemen to hang in and eventually overtake the Crimson. What particularly hurt was the foul shooting 7 for 16 mark Harvard...
Goya, in the 80 prints that follow--most of which are in the MFA show--has depicted every evil, depraved and grotesque instinct of his society. An old woman says a rosary over a whore primping to ply her trade. A well-dressed, aristocratic woman steels teeth from a swinging corpse for use in a love potion. A group of desolate-looking monks sit drinking around a table--to this group, Goya has given a double-entendre title: "Estan Calientes" which means both "they're hot" and "they are in heat...
...balance to the prevailing tensions. Kate's shower in the second act cleanses her of the sordid jealousy displayed by the others, and leads her to the comfortable isolation in which "Everything's softer...There aren't such edges." But Brewster plays this dreamy, solipsistic rejuvenation as a social instinct, a feeling of warmth toward the others, rather than within herself. To get from this point to her turnabout at the climax of the play requires a rapid and somewhat abrupt transition...
...with the best talent in the business. "My career," he says, "has been an inexorable march to get as close as I could to the creative product, working through people who made the shows." That march included stints at NBC and 20th Century-Fox, where he developed a sure instinct for commercial comedy and new talent, including Writer-Producers James Brooks and Allan Burns (see box page 60), the creators of both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda. Yet, as Tinker is the first to acknowledge, every supersedes owes its real velocity to its star. Mary Tyler Moore speaks...
...Grant Tinker was seeking a new TV format for his wife. In the lineaments of the odd couple he thought he discerned the aura of "electronic Neil Simons." Tinker's instinct was infallible, his supervision minimal. Left to their own devices, the collaborators mixed their unique amalgam of chance and choice. Recalls Brooks: "We decided that a television station would be a perfect locale for Mary Tyler Moore because of the strong supporting characters you find in any newsroom." Adds Burns: "We chose Minnesota when one of the writers began talking about the strengths and weaknesses of the Vikings...