Word: neighbors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Good Neighbor Policy...
...problem here was to build a compatible building in a contemporary way. The brick will match exactly that of other Yard buildings; each of the three sections of the complex maintains the volumetric scale of the old dorms and has an eave line matched to that of its nearest neighbor; the roofscape vocabulary of skylights and mechanical exhausts is a modern interpretation of the old chimney system...
...reluctant direction of 14-year-old Mary Call, is struggling to make do. Father, widowed years ago, has died. On his deathbed he placed Mary Call (more responsible than her dreamy older sister Devola) in charge of all Luther business, including the matter of keeping Kiser Pease, the acquisitive neighbor down the road, a good country mile away from Devola, Most of the movie is taken up with Mary Call's straining to live up to her responsibility, to fulfill a promise made mistakenly out of unquestioning affection...
...opening periods neither team could find the basket, and as each team fought to establish its offensive game, the score seesawed from side to side. After tying at 12 all, Radcliffe slowly pulled away from its rival-neighbor, and set the pace for the rest of the night. Led by high scorer Sue Williams, Radcliffe eased into a 24-20 half time lead, which it never relinquished...
Zero Mostel re-creates his Broadway role of John, Stanley's friend and upstairs neighbor. Writing about the 1961 production, Critic Robert Brustein observed that "Mostel has a great dancer's control of movement, a great actor's control of voice, a great mime's control of facial expression." The film preserves Mostel's virtuoso performance, including a long, bumpy transformation from man into rhino. But the control that Brustein admired is not so apparent under O'Horgan's direction. Mostel, unchecked and unchallenged, easily skids into self-parody. Still, his billowing, bellowing...