Word: patly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idyllic corporation kibbutz, tucked into the folds of rural Connecticut. The husband and wife team has been selected by Fletcher Hardesty, a stodgy opinionated executive, to run his fiefdom after his retirement. Roger, the husband loves his job, but then he's got all the responsibility. Wife Pat, a talented aggressive careerist who's got the chance to make it big in the women's mag biz, loathes the crystal and china tea service life of a corporation hausfrau. She starts to come down strong on the jaunty Roger for not considering her professional objectives and personal needs in their...
...formulas aren't there any more and these people have to get by without any until new ones take their place," McCleery explained. "They have to remember the old joke about how porcupines make love," he added whimsically. "They do it very carefully." In Hardesty Park Roger and Pat blunder their way into a more balanced rapport, pricking each other with their quills in the process. By the end of the play McCleery offers an optimistic perspective on marriage. Egos remain intact, the puncture wounds have closed, and the couple settles down to a blissful future in Eden...
McCleery believes that audiences are ready for naturalistic portryals of topical issues, especially if they are couched in humor. He doesn't want us to take things too seriously. He writes about strong people, with "high blood pressure." When Roger and Pat confront a problem, they won't be crushed by it. They'll stumble around a little, but they'll work through their difficulties. Tragic figures are weak people, and take things too personally, too seriously, McCleery claims. The outcome of a play depends on the psychological components of its characters...
Radcliffe's domination of the division is more an indication of the circuit's weakness than Radcliffe's real strength. While McLane has placed well racing on her own in U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association races, winning the senior division of the New Year's cup at Pat's Peak on January 5 and the Mt. Snow Cup held at Mt. Snow on February 10, these races are marked by a distinct lack of good competition. In both cases the juniors class (18 and under) far outpaced the senior field...
...President was in a lively mood at a party celebrating the 90th birthday of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. When his wife Pat gave the tart-tongued daughter of Theodore Roosevelt two jars of Iranian caviar, Nixon indiscreetly confided that it was a gift "from the Shah to Pat and from Pat to you." Advised by the President to "eat it with a spoon," the irrepressible Mrs. Longworth replied: "I'll wallow in it"-an allusion to Nixon's celebrated comment: "Let others wallow in Watergate." Asked later about the party, Nixon's Watergate resentments surfaced in an attack...