Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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McCulloh, who for three years has been playing the role of Jim Rice to Mel Embree's Fred Lynn, finally got a little of the spotlight Saturday. Although he placed second to Embree in the high jump, McCulloh's leap of 7 ft. 2 1/8 in, entitles him to join Embree at the Olympic high jump trials this summer...
...news from Indiana, Georgia and Alabama had all been bad. The legislators rose as they always do, but this time did something unusual: they broke into applause. At a moment when the President was down, they wanted to show their support and affection. Delighted, Ford grinned through his unaccustomed role as a loser...
...distinction between what was essential and what was only desirable seemed to indicate that the Communist hierarchy still feels the time is not right to enter the government as ministers. Suddenly, they seemed more interested in a supporting role as members of the parliamentary majority that shapes national policy, with Cabinet seats to come later when the mass of middle-class voters has become accustomed to the "historic compromise" with the Christian Democrats that Communists have been talking about since 1974. The Communist leaders could well be forced by their own followers, however, to join the Christian Democrats...
...orders to answer every charge instead of merely boycotting sessions where the P.L.O. appears. Israel is concerned that the U.S., having vetoed two previous anti-Israel Security Council resolutions, is becoming so exposed diplomatically as Jerusalem's only friend that Americans may soon question the wisdom of this role and step up criticism of Israeli behavior on the West Bank...
...appropriately simple stage bares the essential primitivism of "Winter Places." Mallardi wants her students to understand what goes into a theatrical setting by realizing that "lights, color, and costume" all play a role. "And if they choose not to use them, then that is a decision too." But can artistic choice really explain all the technical simplicities of the company's production? Mallardi herself says that the uneven cello and piano accompaniment to "Cresence" might have been re-recorded, but the group didn't have the money...