Word: pecks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That heartfelt stasis is just what the best poems in this volume create. "How to Tell the Girls from the Flowers" moves from the peck on the cheek of its title into a brief and painful embrace...
...fact, one other seminary has already taken action, 95 percent of the faculty members of the Andover-Newton Theological School have already signed a statement identical to Dorman's. "The response here was almost instantaneous," says George W. Peck, dean of Andover-Newton. Dorman sees a widespread religious movement just starting for nuclear disarmament, and the Divinity School will be part of it, however unofficially. This seminary is no bastion of bible-belt conservatism...
...ECAC since 1978-9. Two weeks ago, the Elis looked like a shoo-in to win he division and get home ice for the first round, but losses to Maine, Brown and Northeastern and last week's 1-1 tie in Cambridge have shoved than back in the Ivy peck...
Other characters come off somewhat better. Freshman Merv Griffin gives a feeling of honesty to his role of Curtis Mann, the Janitor-turned-member of the band. Myrna Gellman (Sabrina Peck) has one of the livelier roles, and Peck provides the infectious enthusiasm and strong singing that the play must have to survive. Other characters: the British corporate heir of clipped accents and buried principles (Anthony Calnek) or the young committed activist, Barbara MacNeil (Sue Morris), carry off competent portrayals of paper-mache stereotypes...
Certainly no complaints can be made about the choreography, which really brings the numbers alive. Choreographer Peck has done an impressive job with the limited amount of space she had available. With actors and musicians who appear to have had little formal dance instruction, she has crafted several smooth and polished numbers, involving the entire cast as well as the dancers themselves. The exuberance of the dancing backs up the songs, a welcome constrast to the dryness of the action and the monotony...