Word: neill
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While former Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O' Neill was known for his poker game. Cambridge's never political set seems to have chosen a new game to hone its strategic thinking...
...totalitarian regime has its brutal side (storm troopers set farmhouses on fire and destroy exile camps to stifle dissent; a rebellious teen is caught and brainwashed). But for the most part, the melodrama is muted, the mood somber and contemplative, the complexities rich. A KGB colonel (Sam Neill) turns out to be one of the movie's most articulate and charming characters. And, despite the anti-Communist theme, the film is a subtle refutation of Reagan-era optimism. These Americans, after all, are not can-do patriots but meek, dispirited folks who simply want to get along. "Just surviving," says...
When Eugene O'Neill got a toothache he turned to Saxe Commins, a dentist known for his light touch. But the playwright's ailing tooth was so stubborn, O'Neill noted, that the dentist "had almost to call in the derrick squad." Nevertheless, extractions proved to be the basis of their relationship for the next 30 years. After Commins left dentistry for publishing, including a quarter-century at Random House, he gently but forcefully drew from O'Neill some of his greatest plays. "Love and Admiration and Respect" is a record in letters and commentary of a remarkably creative friendship...
Equally busy are the "runners," who save time for their directors by fetching the actors. They often serve as stage manager for the show, says veteran runner Sophfronia M. Scott '88, the stage manager/runner for Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night...
...Armed Services Committee from Illinois' Melvin Price, then 80. Without the seniority shield, Aspin was himself toppled this year by his party's caucus. He had alienated liberals by supporting the MX missile and the contras, and offended many by his general tactlessness (he likened former Speaker Tip O'Neill to a "beached whale"). After two weeks of frenzied campaigning and a period of "contrition," Aspin fended off three challengers to regain his post. Said he: "There are a lot of things I need to do differently in dealing with people." If Aspin, 48, were 84, that might...