Word: pent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...city is being tested again. The outcomes of two cases, the second trial of the police officers who beat Rodney King and the scheduled trial this summer of three black men charged with assaulting white truck driver Reginald Denny, will determine just how much anger is pent up in the city's poor districts. In the well-off neighborhoods, the fear of new riots rose on an updraft of rumor. This time the gangs would not be content to bounce the rubble in their own neighborhoods but would descend instead on the suburbs. On a radio call-in show...
...resonant voice lingers with menace as he reads his lines, a hilarious mixture of Shakespeare and punk lingo. Mike's companion, Les (Greg Clayman), contrasts with Mike's colorfulness. Clayman's portrayal is less flamboyant than Levine's, but he channels equal energy into Les' edgy and twitching pent-up hate. This hate surfaces at key moments, as when Les' releases his fury in derisive impressions of his ignorant boss...
...mother Kate is especially noteworthy. Because Kate Jerome holds the family together and has a unique relationship with each character, this part is challenging and complex. Poreba gives an intense performance, making appropriate adjustments for different situations. Toward the end of the play, Kate releases about 20 years of pent-up tension in a confrontation with her sister Blanche. Poreba carries Kate's anger, guilt and affection believably and sensitively...
...increase, following an 11-point hop the month before. Says Redbook analyst Steve Marotta: "Consumers went from the ostentatious '80s, making sure that they had somebody's name on their pocketbook, to the '90s, when they pulled in the reins. Now what we are seeing is the result of pent-up demand...
...defense was just not going to be denied. All week long, seniors linebacker Monte Giese, adjuster Chris Pillsbury and Santos had spoke of the frustration of losing to Yale. The release was a psychiatrist's dream: the defense unleashed everything it had, three years of pent-up anger...