Word: marveled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Guards Keith Webster and Mike Gielen combined for 54 points as the Harvard men's basketball team snapped a 22-game road losing streak while knocking off defending Ivy League champion Brown, 108-90, last night before 1323 fans here at Marvel...
Crimson, 108-90 at Marvel...
Even sophisticated audiences get a childlike enjoyment out of scenic prestidigitation, and when the anteroom of Orlofsky's villa rotates in the second act to reveal a banquet hall with a sit-down dinner for 57, the marvel is rewarded with outbursts of applause. A revolving stage, however, should not be the highlight of the evening...
Intriguing for a while, perhaps, but nowhere near as commanding as Tomy's Omnibot 2000, an electronic marvel that's like a doll sent from outer space to beguile both boys and girls. Omnibot requires major bucks (about $450) and a little mechanical training, but it will repay all instruction-book diligence. Children will need help programming the Omnibot to perform some of its more exotic functions (such as answering the door or serving morning o.j. in bed at a preselected time), but the remote control is easy to operate after a minute's tutorial. Omnibot will raise its right...
...cast really deserves a hand for pulling off a difficult feat with grace. Particularly noteworthy is Leah Nutting as the tyrannical bridge-playing editor Betty Scant. Any writer who has ever suffered under the tyrannical hand of a tasteless editor will marvel at the verisimilitude she brings to her tirades, considering that she has a red polygon perched on her noggin. If only all our editors were so well dressed...