Word: leggett
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hearts is too scrappy and simplistic to be very satisfying, even to connoisseurs of kitsch. Its Diana is an unnuanced saint whose key moment of insight comes when Princess Grace advises her, "Trust in yourself. Be who you are." Yet the musical boasts an appealing Diana in Paula Leggett Chase, who has the hairstyle and the gangly grace and (in songs like The Walls Are Closing In) makes a decent case for her emotional strength. In a more polished show, she might win a few hearts herself...
...which it may prove to be in the industry's interest to assume an advocacy role. In Europe insurance giants have already begun to lobby governments to take action, but in the U.S. the alliance between insurers and greens remains in the courtship phase. Nutter has invited Jeremy Leggett of Greenpeace to speak to his association about the threat global warming poses to the industry. For their part, environmentalists are praying that insurers will become their corporate Lancelots, challenging energy- industry attempts to sow doubts about global warming...
...Vermont recruits a lot of skiers from Scandanavia--from Norway and Finland," Leggett said. "There's a little bit of resentment because of that, but it does elevate the level of competition...
...Leggett, a senior who coached his high school ski team last year during a year off from Harvard, was pleased with his team's performance over the season...
...great season," Leggett said. "It was by far the best in 10 years...