Word: quilted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shocks are physical. When Rauch directed Romeo and Juliet on the mainstage, he startled everyone by turning the famous balcony scene upside-down. Juliet wasn't raised above the stage; instead, she curled up under a quilt on a large mattress, while Romeo stood over her pleadingly. Later, in the Capulet fault, the audience was treated to a ghostly mirror-image of itself--a huge bank of the auditorium seats with pale corpses propped in them, staring...
...telephone charges in the wake of the divestiture. The overall goal is to transfer as much of the phone system's costs as possible to the people who use the specific services. Said FCC Chairman Mark Fowler of the rulings: "We are beginning to eliminate the crazy-quilt pricing that prevailed in a predivestiture world. My hope is that in the next two to three years we will see long-distance rates reduced...
...advice did not meet with enthusiastic approval at the state agency. Said Anthony Papa of the SLA: "The mayor gets what, $110,000? For him to be brown bagging is ridiculous." Papa then countered with a blatant diversion, urging that Koch suspend the city's crazy-quilt parking regulations. Gibed Papa: "Those aren't too popular, are they...
...made me a promise. "You're not the first to fly out here and look around," she informed me with a patient smile. "Nothing ever comes of it, but I'll tell you what: if you can get some houses built for my people, I'll make you a quilt...
...time, the OEO built 400 houses on the Rosebud reservation--and Nancy White Horse was as good as her word. The quilt she sent was a brilliant patchwork of red, orange and white, with a large green star at the center. Diane and I still have it, buy we do not sleep beneath it: the artwork seems to delicate, the colors too fresh, to stand nightly wear and tear. Besides, our house has central heating...