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What got the New York Times into a lather over these visits was Bruce Lindsey's characterization of them as social calls. According to a Times story by Jeff Gerth and Stephen Labaton, Lindsey withheld information about the Riady meetings despite the recommendations of White House lawyers Jane Sherburne and Mark Fabiani. A Times editorial then called on Lindsey to resign. But while Sherburne was quoted in Gerth and Labaton's story, Fabiani has never confirmed the account. Sources close to Sherburne say that she never felt she had been overruled or lied to by Lindsey and that the Times...
...become a painter. Regardless of how unstable her life may be, Daisy is determined to keep on painting until she gets it right. Having one clear goal in a sea of unpredictablity becomes a theme throughout the rest of the play. After Daisy's monologue, a customer named Jane (Dani D. Krasner '97) and her daughter Azalea (Phoebe Search '00) enter for lunch--the first time they've spent together in a long while. From the start, the tension between them is evident, and the immediate familiarity of the characters and their conflict is perhaps the most effective aspect...
...Jane is a plain, spinster-like divorcee, brimming with outwardly cheerful criticisms of her daughter's college antics that fail to show her daughter that she does in fact care about her welfare. Her verbal shots are accompanied by jerky, robotic gestures that reveal an underlying tension but are somewhat artificial and unconvincing. Azalea is the flowering know-it-all. Stubborn and unreceptive to motherly advice, she snaps defensively in response to every comment. She is a liberated student who savors the right to drink a glass of wine at lunch, if only for the shock value...
...light that bridges the conflict and brings the two to reconciliation. It becomes apparent that Azalea resembles her mother as she was at that age: impulsive, free-spirited and committed to one thing despite all the uncertainty of youth. For Azalea at this point, it is discovering herself. For Jane, it was motherhood. Their dialogue usually seems genuine, though occasional lapses in acting quality compromise the exchange's spontaneity...
...Obviously, I'm ecstatic," said BGLTSA Co-Chair Jane I. Aceituno '98. "It's a very important step forward...