Word: karens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like many of her contemporaries, Thurman prepared for the task with a concentration that amounted to fanaticism. She learned Danish and followed the tracks of Baroness Karen Blixen, who wrote under the name Isak Dinesen, through Europe, Africa and the U.S. In the Dinesen family's country house, she was allowed to stay the night: "Can you imagine what it was like, lying in bed with the scent of roses and the ticking of clocks in every room, and downstairs were all those papers and letters locked away...
...Chicago suburb, tells students that the city is close enough for easy access, but also lets their parents know that it is far enough away for safety. He assures one boy: "You can walk to the lake with your girlfriend at 11 o'clock at night." Karen Crowell of Knox College reminds prospects that Galesburg, Ill., is the birthplace of Poet Carl Sandburg and site of the fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate. She adds, "There are a lot of large Victorian homes and brick streets." Who can resist...
...DIED. Karen Carpenter, 32, dulcet-voiced singing half, opposite her pianist-arranger brother Richard, of the squeaky-clean Carpenters; of an apparent heart attack (she had suffered earlier from anorexia nervosa); in Downey, Calif. Since 1969, their ballads (Close to You, We've Only Just Begun) have sold 80 million records and tapes, won three Grammy Awards...
...that Chekhov always insisted it was and hurtles exuberantly toward a triumph of optimism over experience. Among a solid cast, including Jeremy Geidt as the pathetic Chebutykin, three performers achieve fresh insight: Alvin Epstein as a hyperkinetic but somewhat dim Vershinin; Cheryl Giannini as a hard, petulant Masha; and Karen MacDonald as a vulgar, manipulative yet curiously sympathetic Natasha, the sister-in-law who drives the three sisters from their family home...
...receive the information elsewhere. If you plan to arrive on Tuesday, please check in with the receptionist in Byerly Hall (telephone: 495-1551) during working hours. If by some chance you can arrive only Monday evening, call either 495-1551 or 490-3645 and ask for Karen Corcoran who will direct you to your host...