Word: newports
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...author, comedian, active alumnus, and inventor of his own board games, Strauss “packed several lifetimes into one life,” said Elaina Newport, who co-founded the Capitol Steps, a singing satirical troupe, with Strauss...
...always off doing so many projects. Every once in a while he would be like, ‘Oh, I wrote another play.’ And I would be like, ‘What? When did you do that?’” Newport recalled...
...Strauss prepared heavily for the Steps’ debut performance, Newport said...
...successfully to realize his particular vision, gets famous, gets laid, gets in trouble with the whole celebrity thing, tries to escape the demands of his exigent fans (wow, do they hate it when he turns from the acoustic to the electric guitar at the movie's version of the Newport Jazz Festival shocker), ends up sort of beloved, sort of intact, but sort of unfulfilled...
...rebels will soon lose their advantage. That may be of limited consolation to gorilla conservationists, however. For example, a siege aimed at starving out the rebels may compel them to target wildlife and the gorillas - as food. "In any normal situation, it's hard to protect the gorillas," Newport says, citing threats from armed militias, poachers and people chopping trees down for charcoal and space to grow crops. "They're kind...