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...Laura Putney completes the circle of ambiguity by playing Jack's eldest neice, Kate as superficially severe towards his heresy while secretly devoted to her once-idolized uncle. She explicitly acknowledges the contrast between their past as the eligible belles of the town and their reduced current circumstances. Despite her projected persona as the most serious and dour of the sisters, she conceals the most tender affection of all the characters...

Author: By Edward P. Mcbride, | Title: Friel Entrancing With Po-Mo Dancing | 11/3/1994 | See Source »

...particular, hipness became what romance novels were for Madame Bovary: an antidote to the featureless local realities. In subdivisions where the lawn sprinklers went back and forth, back and forth -- the metronomes of the trudging suburban eternity -- a Bob Dylan album and a late-night movie performance of Putney Swope could seem like blows against the Empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Everyone Is Hip . . . Is Anyone Hip? | 8/8/1994 | See Source »

...crusty Aiken came down from Putney, Vermont, determined to nudge his G.O.P. to the left. Immediately he confronted Ike-confidant Styles Bridges of New Hampshire. "No more middle of the road," Aiken declared, "when that is ! halfway between Grant and McKinley." Later he would counsel President Johnson on Vietnam: "Declare victory and leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency When Giants Ruled | 5/31/1993 | See Source »

Sapp delayed his trip and went to the athletic department to convince them to rent a van for his skiers to get them to the championships in Putney, Vt., on time...

Author: By Jose A. Guerra, | Title: Skiing in to Save The Day | 3/1/1990 | See Source »

...Nordic traditional race in Putney, Vt., the Crimson women skied all over the competition, with Amber Duncan and Wendy Svatek nabbing outstanding first- and fifth-place finishes, respectively...

Author: By Jose A. Guerra, | Title: Ski Teams Stand Out | 2/20/1990 | See Source »

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