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...plot seems as simple as the production, which is reminiscent of the televised plays of the 1950s. Addie (Lisa Lucas) is a precocious fifth-grader in small-town Nebraska in 1946. She lives with her grandmother - a moccasin-wearing "character" played with wise, Everygrandma affection by Mildred Natwick - and her stern working-class father, brought to dark life by the legendary Jason Robards in a role of angry middle-aged despair more often found in Eugene O'Neill plays. Addie's mother died after giving birth to her; and her father still carries the pain as well as a bitter...
...usually circulates an e-mail toward the end of the summer, inviting all the new admits to an informal meet-and-greet—my year we barely filled the host’s kitchen table, and that’s about it for regular meetings. The whole Nebraska group joined the Oklahomans last December to watch our football teams in the playoffs, and all of us fit (with couch space to spare) in the Dunster House TV room. That game was the only time we’ve ever gathered during the term, and for the most part...
...anyone in last Wednesday’s violence. I say as far as I know because, after I e-mailed out the list of names Thursday morning, I only heard back from one person. No longer necessary, our little group disbanded again as quickly as it had come together. Nebraska didn’t even make the playoffs this year, so it looks like I’ll have to wait until August to see the group again. But for the time being, at least, Omaha...
Crawford, who is currently a professor of classics and religious studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said that Strugnell’s scholarly influence lives...
...compete in the finals. In the third-place bout, Caputo and his opponent Doug Umbehauer of Rider remained tied until there were seven seconds on the clock, when Caputo was taken down and lost, 3-2. In the fifth-place match, Caputo outwrestled sixth seed Vince Jones of Nebraska in their second encounter of the tournament, 8-6. “For Louis, this was his first tournament, so he was really beaten down [by the time he got to the third-place match],” coach Jay Weiss said. “It was a tough match, especially...