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...every time they're supposed to move three steps to the right or left. In fact, nearly all the blocking in the play consists of simple pacing up and down the stage. Two steps to the left, deliver a line, four steps to the right, deliver another line, and poof--instant play...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Pity Aristophanes | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Vacationing at an old hostelry, played superbly in the film by the Grand Hotel on Michigan's famed Mackinac Island, the playwright falls for a 1912 portrait. Before you can say Clark Kent-poof-he goes back 67 years in time to see if he has the chance of a ghost with the subject, played by Jane Seymour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 6, 1979 | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

Meantime, in winding ropes of bright capillaries, the slow and overpowered commuting cars poof home. From above, at night, American cities look like garishly jumbled jewelry strewn up and down the landscape; in the centers, empty high-rises of piled diamonds glow, great sparklers kept alight for the cleaning women, for the admiration of passing planes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Weakness That Starts at Home | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...anniversary of Israel's independence. But after their experience of Sadat's depression and changeability, some insiders doubted that Carter would want to wait that long. Said one: "The President wants Begin here as soon as possible to get things unstuck before what's left goes poof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Determined to Persevere | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...arches a neon sign that proclaims Reno to be THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY IN THE WORLD. Trouble is, pigeons love the sign, and after they had deposited close to a ton of droppings on it, the methane gas created by the decomposing material was ignited by a short circuit. Poof went the sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Reno Gets the Bird | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

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