Word: outset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...particularly political. The wry, absurdist humor recalls Beckett, and the inchoate sense of menace parallels Pinter. The candor of the final confessional between the brothers is Fugard's own. At Yale, as in the original, Fugard has directed and plays the half-derelict, fair-skinned brother. At the outset he seems fragile, ineffectual, on the border of madness. As the narrative focuses on the implications of his relative whiteness, he gathers strength and wisdom. Zakes Mokae, a 1982 Tony Award winner for Master Harold, engagingly re-creates his original performance as the darker, earthier, more mercurial...
...America gives us yesteryear's headlines with a dollop of conventional wisdom to serve as analysis. Since essay-writing appears to absolve him of the requirement to report, Henry can opine that "the most antagonistic major news organization was CBS, which had challenged Reagan's approach almost from its outset." He can make sweeping generalizations like: "Something ungiving, downright mean, seemed to have slipped loose from the darker corners of the nation's soul." Henry, to his credit, does take some risks. In an excellent analysis of Mario Cuomo's convention keynote address, for example, Henry dispenses with the rhetoric...
...highlight of the seven-day flight of Discovery, which ended in triumph last week after a halting, tension-filled start. Proclaimed NASA Official Jesse Moore, after the five-man shuttle crew made a predawn landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California: "It was a beautiful mission from the outset." Well, not exactly. Discovery's launch had been postponed twice at the last minute, first by bad weather, then by a faulty backup computer. The third try seemed doomed to failure too when the storm system that later spawned Hurricane Elena darkened the sky and began pelting Cape Canaveral with...
Sports manufacturers and retailers got on the wagon at the outset, of course. All it took to jog was a good pair of shoes. Triathlons require racing bikes, cycling shoes, crash helmets, running shoes, a swimming pool or an ocean and all manner of attire. In Chicago, a hotel ballroom was jammed with expensive wares, from high-powered energy drinks to "tri-suits," one-piece jobs that can be worn in all three events. The professional athletes make their money endorsing these items (first place in Chicago paid $2,000; the total purse was $15,000), holding training camps...
Coverage of the recent hijacking was no exception. At the outset, the media and the perpetrators shared a common cause: both sought an audience. As the terrorists and the terrorized took center stage, Americans turned to television for their front row seats...