Word: lifes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ironic that the principal hope for the continued existence of Brumley Gap and its way of life lies in locating an Indian grave site. Can the remains of a displaced civilization be used to aid another on the verge of its own extinction...
...fact, rather than the development of character, we had seen a static retrospective view of types at two stages of life, with little sense of growth between the two ages, which made projection into the "dream" of the future even more difficult. The main reason for this, paradoxically, lies in the main reason for the show's success, the egoism and talents of the performers. From the first moments of parody of the informality of improvisational theater, we were being asked to watch ctors playing parts rather than the parts themselves. The parts became vehicles for the considerable abilities...
Kathering E. Lo '80, an "extern" who worked with a juvenile court judge last year, said yesterday she observed the life of a court judge as well as "saw what it was like to take care of kids and cook for a husband and family...
Rowinsky said yesterday a contestant's supporters usually add some life to the ordeal, especially when the contestant's confidence begins to wane. "You're going to be immortal, Al. Very sick, but immortal," a member of Halliday's entourage said at a particularly low point yesterday...
...matter because although the action is provided by football, this is much more a novel of Texas society, it its own way as interesting as Blood and Money. Thompson's exploration of murder among Houston's very rich. Gent excels at capturing vignettes of that life--the celebrity fishing tournament, a Dallas businessman winking over hiscoke spoon the while his Mercedes is stopped at a traffic light. And Gent tries mightily to give the book some vision, tying his Neiman-Marcus set into a cocaine smuggling ring of heroic proportions, furnishing it with an ex-astronaut lackey who becomes...