Word: murrayism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some people speculate that Gates wanted a civic Gotterdammerung -- a traumatic breakdown that would somehow justify his crude law-and-order faith. The Rev. Cecil Murray, an influential black pastor, calls Gates "a proud man, almost a vain man." Murray theorizes, "What better vindication upon those who find him anathema than to let them write for him ((Gates)) a blank check to destroy?" There is, however, no evidence to support any conspiracy theory, and Gates instead blames critics of the L.A.P.D.'S tough tactics for the chaotic police response in the early phases of the rioting. "Police officers...
Professor of Law Martha L. Minow; Professor of Surgery Emeritus Joseph E. Murray; Gurney Professor of English Literature Derek A. Pearsall; Professor or English and American Literature Elaine Scarry; Professor of Greek and Latin Charles P. Segal; and John A. Wood, in the Geology Department...
...staging that arrived on Broadway last week mutes both of these satiric elements. The Rivetti brothers, as played by Jake Weber, in no way call to mind the U.S. style of mafiosi. And in the pivotal role of Jack, Brian Murray is a tower of Jell-O, reeking of insincerity from his entry, peevish rather than apocalyptic in uprooting family scandal. Director Lynne Meadow, who vastly improved on Ayckbourn's staging of his best play, Woman in Mind, here reduces a cry of outrage to an amiable snigger. The haunting final image, of the adolescent daughter frozen in narcotic guilt...
Sophomore Jen Drohan captained the "A" division boat. Her crew included freshman Alison Lozner and junior Christine Hinkley. Senior Kara Berdik sailed with Murray...
...need to get as much 420 experience over next few weeks as we can. We can win this regatta. We just have to get psyched for it," Murray said...