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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strong wind could blow them into the lower class. The issues being debated, mostly over meals, are whether the father (Ed Harris) should take a job out of town, whether the elder son (William O'Leary) should go to college or start adult life, and whether the younger (Anthony Rapp), a child actor, should enter an elite high school or embark on a national tour. (In one of Playwright Furth's slyer jokes, the unnamed play the boy is invited to join is recognizably A Streetcar Named Desire.) The father, who lacks a high school diploma, harangues his family about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Violence and Affection Precious Sons | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Movie Star Harris (The Right Stuff, Places in the Heart) finds simmering violence and sudden affection in this man. O'Leary foretokens a sad future when he naively envisions an assembly line as an exhibition hall for his competitive drive and skill. As the youth, Rapp makes the stage glow in what could have been a formulaic speech about his having yearned to be an actor even before he knew that the profession existed. The finest performance is Ivey's as the play's forceful center, the clangy-voiced, flighty, phrase- turning mother with a heart of gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Violence and Affection Precious Sons | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

Though the pyramids began in late February, the most furious activity occured last weekend, prompting the formation of RAPP, the Revolutionary Anti-Pyramid People's Party...

Author: By Matthew Snyder, | Title: B.C. Reinvents Pyramid Hustle | 4/2/1985 | See Source »

...senior Thomas M. Burke, co-founder of RAPP, has so far endorsed peaceful policies such as posting anti-pyramid propaganda...

Author: By Matthew Snyder, | Title: B.C. Reinvents Pyramid Hustle | 4/2/1985 | See Source »

...Individual Medley--1. Barnes, Harvard, 3:55, 75.2. Chappell, Harvard; 3. Cummings, La Salle. 200 yd. freestyle--1. Miao. Harvard, 1:38.56, 2 Conbisiero, Columbia, 3 Maler, La Salle 100 butterfly--1. Smith, Princeton, 49.09. 2. Kelia, La Salle. 3. Seanen, Cornell 100 yd. backstroke--1. Rapp. Yale, 51.57, 2 Dirth, Princeton, 3. Martin, Army, 100 yd. breastroke--1. Sawyer. B.U., 56.93.2 Mintz, Yale, 3. Rogers, Yale. 800 yd. freestyle relay--1. Harvard, 6:39.87.2 La Salle, 3. Dartmouth...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Aquamen Continue to Lead In Seaboard Championships | 3/6/1982 | See Source »

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