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Word: propsed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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One of the major lessons of the play--"simplicity, simplicity, simplicity," in one character's words--is admirably carried out in the play's staging. The stage and props are unembellished, and the action unceremoniously set off from the audience by some well-placed mattresses. The lighting is unobtrusive, and...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: Parodying Romance | 3/17/1982 | See Source »

In his growing loneliness, what Nixon needed above all was a keeper of the gate, someone to buffer him from the conflict that he now had even less desire to handle directly. On the evening of May 2, I received a telephone call from Rose Mary Woods, his touchingly loyal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: THE FEAR OF GOD | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

Working under a casual agreement with the legal thespians, our eager beaver poured his soul into those props and eagerly awaited the fame and fortune he deserved. As usual, the show was a flop, and to make matters worse, the neophyte craftsman was apparently told to take a hike without...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Jurisimprudence | 3/4/1982 | See Source »

Yet eggnog is not without its spice or season. Lehrer's best lyrics are feats of compression; works like Masochism Tango ("You can raise welts like nobody else") or When You Are Old and Gray ("Say you'll love and trust me/ For I know you'll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: 11 Celsius | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

In a jealous rage Don José kills two men-his lieutenant Zuniga and Carmen's husband García (a character in Mérim&233;e's story). By the time Carmen's turn comes, he has nothing left to lose, no emotion to spend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Carmen, but Not Bizet's | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

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