Word: length
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strength of this book is its short length. It may not be a riveting novel, but it does move fast enough to keep you interested for the few hours it takes to read 134 pages. You'll find yourself at the end without too much difficulty...
...race between Radcliffe and Wisconsin started off evenly, but by the 500-meter mark, the Badgers forged ahead by 1.2 seconds. Wisconsin increased its lead to four seconds at 1000 meters, about a boat length...
...Nembutals and died. If Orton had lived a bit longer, he might have done justice in his work to the themes that informed his 16 years with Halliwell: love vs. jealousy, career vs. home life, husband vs. wife, son vs. mother. As it was, he wrote three full-length plays (Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Loot, What the Butler Saw) that subverted old genres and modern society with a cheekily amoral wit. Now Alan Bennett has dramatized Orton's life in Prick Up Your Ears, based on John Lahr's nifty biography. Both works take their title from a farce Orton planned...
Gross should have spent less time worrying about shock value and more time getting performances that are expressive enough to sustain the play's angst and tension for nearly three hours. In that length of time, none of the women can find any way to express nervousness other than clutching at their skirts, or any way to express happiness other than pirouetting...
...graduate and undergraduate loans, to be paid back at interest levels three percent higher that the Treasury rate. Repayment would begin six months after a student leaves school with payments not to exceed 15 percent of income. There would be no time limit on the length of repayment, but, on the other hand, no portion of the loan would be forgiven, regardless of the student's financial status...