Word: jims
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Does no-holds barred, cross-casting always work? College directors and actors fall on both sides of this issue. Harvard student director Jim Marino briefly considered cross-gender casting during auditions for this fall's production of Romeo and Juliet. "The play is largely about women being oppressed by a patriarchal society. I decided that having women carry the swords that force Juliet into marriage wouldn't be as plausible as having male actors in those roles," Marino says...
...energy boom of the late 1970s and early '80s provided Silverado with plenty of opportunities for long-shot ventures with big returns. "It was a real Western boom that made the gold and silver days look pale by comparison," remembers Jim Thomas, executive director of Colorado's Independent Bankers Association. "We attracted all the con men, promoters, hucksters and sleaze artists in sight...
Other causes included immunization problems, forgetfulness and general misinformation. For example, one first-year student received incorrect advice about the language requirement, said Jim F. Walton, a staff assistant in the first-year dean's office...
...Crimson was helped greatly by a tentative MIT team that missed numerous scoring opportunities. The opposing squad lacked leadership for most of the game until driver Jim Lee sparked MIT with several key goals...
...minions stood up and called Jim a pit bull," said McMillan. "A pit bull...