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...disparity between the quality of the lead roles and the lack of attention to the details of choreography, music and enunciation of the lyrics made it difficult to watch. Each time a smaller scene began, one hoped the show might be picking up, but it returned again to the mire of an over-crowded stage and an overzealous orchestra...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: An Unsteady Ship | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...wait, what's this? The NBA turned around and told the Charlotte Hornets, "It's your turn this year to wallow in the mire of the Midwest Division cellar and rack up tremendous travel expenses playing three games on the road at Pacific Division opponents." I guess that's the thanks they get for leading the league in attendance in their first season of existence...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: Random Thoughts of a Geography Buff | 11/7/1989 | See Source »

ROTC is a philosophical and moral morass that we need not mire ourselves in. Let those who benefit from its discrimination take the bus. Wade Lagrone UC Representative Dunster House

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarships | 4/26/1989 | See Source »

...need a will to play music," said Connick, to fight being sucked into "the mire of commercialism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/2/1988 | See Source »

Greedy promoters and government bungling helped mire the communities in their fix. But the root cause was nothing more sinister than the hope of the down-and-out for a slice of the American dream. Since the '60s, low-income families from El Paso's barrio, 15 miles to the northwest, have been moving here, lured by the open spaces and the hype of half-acre lots for as little as $1,000 down and $100 a month. Water, they were assured, would be forthcoming. And it was, until 1979, when the influx became such an avalanche that El Paso...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting For Water in the Colonias | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

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