Word: lima
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...political chapters, this tendency can lead to some pretty humdrum passages: "We held the first Freedom Day in the Hotel Crillon, in Lima, on Feburary, 6, 1988; the second, devoted to agrarian subjects, at the San Jose hacienca in Chincha on February 18; on February 26, in Arequipa..." For most readers, such moments will probably demand a greater interest in Peruvian affairs than can fairly be expected...
...follow his lead when playing out marital strife caused by infidelities, both real and merely desired. The result is a series of quasi-serious conflicts rather than the farcical situation comedies of the script. Stokes attempts some slapstick with his rejected advance on his prudish wife, but de Lima dulls the exasperations of their frustrated marriage by taking her role too seriously. Only Roemer always sustains a humorous bite in her more emotionally challenging scenes...
...brings the lighter mood back into play. Everyone succeeds in putting great fun into the flouncy pop score by Stephen Sondheim. His lyrics and expression are what the hardcore thespian would disparagingly lable witty; they nevertheless succeed in drawing the players up from their dramatic doldrums. But while de Lima and Upton stand out with rich, impressive voices, several other performances are inconsistent with their standard, preventing the music from carrying the production...
...business trips but also as a base of operations that offers a security they can't find in their own countries. (Even Miami's violent-crime rate pales by comparison with the kidnappings, terrorism and guerrilla warfare that many Latins face in cities like Rio de Janeiro, Medellin or Lima.) "Venezuelans, Brazilians and increasing numbers of Argentines are investing in Miami, developing hotels and purchasing malls," says Suquet. "They are setting up businesses here, buying homes in Coral Gables or Cocoplum, sending their kids to Gulliver Academy or Belen Jesuit Preparatory School...
...Lima said the smashed window was repairedTuesday around 3 p.m. The hole had been coveredwith plywood before then, Lima said...