Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...skills were on trial, and they passed the test with flying colors. No one could accuse the participants of being any less adroit, canny or Machiavellian than men. Reports TIME Senior Correspondent Ruth Mehrtens Galvin: "What had not been clear was whether women who were eager to improve their lot, but had never been involved in the political process before, could be kept in order long enough even to discuss, let alone vote, on all these issues. Order was achieved by the kind of discipline any male politician would give his eyeteeth to attain...
...wrong. But in the end, they have the sense to do what we all want to do--even the sane and sober Tim, who finds the courage to take Marcie by the hand, leaving behind all the embarrassments of associating himself with such a "naive" woman. "She's a lot smarter than you ever gave her credit for," Stanley lectures, pointing to her innocent wisdom which paved the way to Tim's discovery of his love...
...weaknesses in the show. "It's a difficult play that's almost a non-play--episodes, a series of skits," Kramer says. Kramer is disappointed with the opening scene and rightly criticizes it: "It's eight stand-up comics at the beginning, and the dialogue could have been a lot snappier." In the opening scene, the jokes die; the players appear lifeless, like actors reading cue cards. But the dialogue quickly snaps up, the performers relax with their roles, and work with each other until the humor comes spontaneously...
...young nostalgia bums (who need all the material they can get), Bill Fravis will put on a "comedy folk" show 9:15 Saturday night at the Sword-In-The-Stone Coffeehouse, located at 15 Charles St. in Boston. Fravis plays a lot of political comedy from the '50's and '60's--and the Vietnam war, etc.--for $1 a head...
...spacious and well-lit basketball suite of the IAB, coach Frank McLaughlin will take his men's basketball team out to play Boston College. McLaughlin puts a lot of emphasis on student support, so I want to see all of you in the IAB to catch this game. This is a required event. And if you haven't had enough basketball after that, you can stay around and watch the freshmen play B.C.'s J.V. This will give you your first chance to see the stars of tomorrow...