Word: libbing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...revival relies largely on the original script, and employs costumes and stage settings almost identical to those of the Broadway production. But Kirkwood says he felt it was important to "bring the show up to date," so the actors were encouraged to ad lib in rehearsals and to "try different characters on for size," according to Harvey Zuckerman, a member of the cast...
...five-hour whip through the Boston area Wednesday, President Reagan touted high-technology electronics and computer firms as "America's future" and met with both plant officials and students in training at a local center. But an ad-lib comment to executives calling for the elimination of corporate income taxes ended up attracting the most attention...
...Women's lib it was called then, short for liberation, of course, but unconsciously, closer to women's lip, with all attendant condescending connotations ("Ah shut up, I've had enough of your ..."). It was tough to be called a libber, even if you took pride in the politics, and those at first were mean. They were the politics of long frustration and new anger, and it was men who took the heat: as repressive husbands, lackadaisical fathers, selfish sex partners, exclusionary businessmen, blind-sided artists and perpetrators of a patriarchy that had to be overthrown. Even Shakespeare...
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...only Schell's boss but his mentor as well. Insiders at the magazine believe that Shawn, 74, hopes that Schell, 38, will eventually succeed him-an idea that has caused some resistance among the staff, partly because Schell got a reputation as an overly emotional, "radic-lib" opponent of the Viet Nam War. Shawn, however, has continued to support him and was the godfather for The Fate of the Earth. Shawn even provided, anonymously, promotional material for the dust jacket of the book. From that telltale bit of evidence, we learn that Shawn believes that this book "may someday...