Word: role
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When Carlotta reappears at the end in a hot tub, telling Suwelo how she became a new-age musician, it is hard to believe she can have any important role to play. Yet Walker says the four "all vaguely realize they have a purpose in each other's lives. They are a collective means by which each of them will grow...
Another large problem with character is that Carlotta receives almost no attention. Her story opens up the book and she plays an important role at the end, but in between there is almost no notice of her, except to show her as Suwelo's lover. She gets less of a chance to reveal her character to the reader than the other three protagonists and they do not get much...
MISS FIRECRACKER. Holly Hunter reprises her stage role as a lovelorn orphan determined to win a beauty contest. Mary Steenburgen and Alfre Woodard also shine in Beth Henley's comedy about the danger of holding on to youthful dreams and the liberating effect of letting them...
Marianne Gingrich, whose husband Newt is the House Minority Whip who initiated the Wright inquiry, is herself being scrutinized for her role in promoting Gingrich's book Window of Opportunity. Part book (co-authored by a science fiction writer), part polemic, part tax shelter, Window lost money for its investors, but earned the Gingriches $12,018 in royalties and Mrs. Gingrich $11,500 in salary. When asked about this at a press conference last week, Marianne stomped out in tears...
About 25 students met Wednesday night at the Kennedy School of Government to air some familiar arguments about what role the Reserve Officers Training Corps should play on campus...