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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have a temper,” main characters Sara (Alterman) and David (Mogolov) both announce in their first lines. In the first scene, Sara immediately erupts into a rant about how she has inherited her explosive rage from her father. David proceeds to describe his own anger, so affected by his indifference towards life that even it is apathetic; the way in which he copes with his temper is to sleep. As the play progresses, the two trade off their storytelling in a series of anecdotes that involves Sara’s hatred of everyone she knows and David?...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Diptych’ Finds Depth in Duality | 10/14/2007 | See Source »

...coach took exception to his player being criticized for no reason other than being a less-than-outstanding ballplayer. “He goes to class, he’s respectful to the media, he’s respectful to the public,” Gundy said during the rant. “He’s a good kid, and he’s not a professional athlete...You don’t downgrade him because he does everything right and may not play as well on Saturday.” The tirade and its aftermath raised a delicate...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Backup Pizzotti Back to the Top | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...favorite restaurants because it has too much garlic, and he'll make sure you don't miss the bread pudding at the DreamWorks commissary. He visibly softens when you mention Michael Richards, the Seinfeld co-star who got into trouble last year by going on a racist rant in a comedy club. "He's a dear, sweet guy," says Seinfeld. "But he just got too angry." Seinfeld, who's generally easygoing, admits that he too can be moody. "There is a thing about comedians," he says. "They are cranky-all of them. If you're not cranky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerry Seinfeld Goes Back to Work | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...there. Acting, he doesn't always quell the twinkle in his eye but still convinces as the stressed-out, blood-and-guts mentor whose time, like Grub's, is almost up. Johns also has the film's funniest lines, in one scene telling his players in a half-time rant that two of their supposedly rugged team-mates had been off "giving each other a f___ing sponge bath." By bringing a bygone era to life, The Final Winter will touch a generation of sports fans for whom today's games just don't stack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Footy for Thought | 8/31/2007 | See Source »

...short rant on the glamorous European lifestyle I imagined is certainly more than half true, I believe. The opportunities for travel here are just incredible and, having sampled it this summer, my craving—instead of being satiated—has only been teased and is more voracious than ever...

Author: By Aditi Banga | Title: Such A Lot Of World To See | 8/10/2007 | See Source »

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