Word: margarete
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...Bajin managed to pull out her match at No. 1 singles, defeating Goldberg 6-3, 6-4. After that, events took a distinctly Bulldog turn. Yale's Margaret Purcell defeated Boughton, 6-3, 6-3, and then Buffy Kaufman routed Ghazal, 6-1, 6-1. After those two wins, Yale gained momentum, winning the Nos. 4 through 6 singles matches...
...above. Margaret Mitchell, a homeless mentally ill black woman, was shot by Los Angeles patrolmen in 1998 after she allegedly lunged at them with a screwdriver. Amadou Diallo was the African street vendor at whom four of New York's finest fired 41 shots after they supposedly mistook his wallet for a gun. (The officers were acquitted of murder.) And Timothy Thomas was the unarmed Cincinnati youth whose fatal shooting by police ignited last week's uprising...
...metaphysical shift allows Billy to simultaneously become both Billy and Dion. This is where McClelland truly shines. Stripping out of a fatsuit to don a black tanktop and a plaid flannel shirt, he slides effortlessly into the dual role. The poignancy of Billy’s love for Margaret, and her own rekindling of the love that could have been is heartrending. The tightrope walk between two very different lives soon becomes untenable, and Billy must relinquish one to continue the other...
When it becomes clear that Margaret will never love Billy, he decides to abandon his former life and remain as Dion. At the devastating conclusion, Margaret confesses to her “husband” that Billy has always made her uncomfortable and that there is something intrinsic in him that will always repel her. All of his adoration and sacrifice are swept away by a woman who can never return his love...
David G. Corlette’s lighting design heightens the sense of isolation among the characters, especially at subtle moments like Dion’s sleeping daughter (Jelena Pejkovic ’03) or Margaret abandoned in a corner far upstage while Dion dallies with his mistress (in a disappointingly brief appearance by the charming Kate A. Agresta ’02). Lighting shifts also add the little touches that provide some memorable visual effects, such as the television flickering to life in the living room or illuminating a pathetic, rejected Billy trapped inside a suspended telephone booth...