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...possible to mount a Twelfth Night that displays marked sad, bitter, even tragic undercurrents; it is an extraordinarily multivalent script. Freedman has chosen to concentrate on the pleasant and sunny aspects. Although there may be too much sugar-coating for some tastes, there is no denying that Freedman has turned out a smooth, elegant and delicious dessert...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: A 20th-Century 'Julius Caesar'... ...an 18th-Century 'Twelfth Night' | 7/17/1979 | See Source »

...Schmidt's bias gives his book its power. His knowledge and understanding--both of the folkies and their detractors--lends credibility and a certain ghostliness to his recall. Baby Let Me Follow You Down succeeds where many "rockumentary" efforts fail--these are not idle memories scribbled down for pleasant reading; they are real experiences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Once and Future Folk Scene | 7/17/1979 | See Source »

...Mount Pleasant, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Jul. 9, 1979 | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

Owner Sherwood Costen, 66, a shy retired municipal employee from Point Pleasant, W. Va., raised his winner and her four sisters as wild birds. While less savvy contestants carried their fowl around feet first in the hot sun, Costen cradled Lola in the shade of a thick maple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Ohio: A Fowl Spectacle | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

...building performing arts complex, from its groundbreaking in May 1959, through its shaky early years, to its reasonably tranquil present. The movie, which will run through Labor Day, may not be the best show in New York City, but it is indisputably the biggest and one of the most pleasant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lincoln Center's Big Bash | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

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