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...unorthodox (partly because it lacked the normal theatrical suspense and conflict), but it was welcomed across the country in every city except Boston, where its chilly reception caused the run to be halved. Actually, Wilder's technique here evolved out of his own one-act plays of 1931, especially Pullman Car Hiawatha, where we find no scenery, minimal props, the versatile Stage Manager, and even the very name of Grover's Corners (located in Ohio this time, however), not to mention the prototype of Emily's valedictory apostrophe to the world...
...husband of record, but it is Nicky who shares the new bride's bed. This gets Oscar a little crazy, at first because he appears to be losing his best friend, then because he starts to get interested in his bride himself. Via plane and Pullman (this is the 1920s), the trio work their way out to Los Angeles, where they set up housekeeping in a new but already tumble-down garden apartment. The usual jealousies and rivalries flourish and take on fresh coloration, until Oscar and Nicky roll on the kitchen floor, battling furiously with each other, while...
...after the Revolution. In Indianapolis, the state museum is constructing a diorama portraying the exploits of Frontiersman George Rogers Clark. A group in Chicago is restoring several turn-of-the-century mansions that were once owned by such business giants as Merchant Marshall Field and Railroad Car Manufacturer George Pullman. Downstate Illinois is threatened with a surfeit of Lincolnania. About 25 communities plan to commemorate Lincoln, including Springfield, where the state is setting up a lavish $600,000 sound-and-light show in the Old State Capitol Building that will recount key events in his life...
...baseball; Blair Brooks of Weston, heavyweight crew; Todd Howard of Clarence, N.Y., lightweight crew; Steve McConnell of Winchester and Tom Yellin of Memphis, Tenn., golf; Jim Quinn and Leroy Thompson of Baltimore, Md., lacrosse; John Ingard of Lincoln, tennis; and Blayne Heckel of Wauwatosa, Wis., and Steve Niemi of Pullman, Wash., track and field...
Central since 1925. She began battling years ago as the once fine parlor and Pullman car service between New York City and her house near Millerton, N.Y., declined. Last year she doubled her efforts, after passenger service was stopped short of Millerton. When the Penn Central tried to end freight traffic on a 30½-mile stretch north from Millerton to Ghent, she sued...