Word: romeos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Romeo and Juliet...
...clearest indications has been the transformation of IRI, a vast state-run conglomerate that dates back to Mussolini. The 1,079 firms in IRI's portfolio include Alfa Romeo, Alitalia airline and Banca Commerciale Italiana, the country's second-largest bank. While this leviathan was losing nearly $2 billion a year, previous governments had been reluctant to touch it. Craxi encouraged IRI's new president, Romano Prodi, to take bold action. He promptly laid off 47,000 unionized workers and raised more than $3 billion by selling all or part of 35 companies and other holdings...
...move from sex to romance when Danny calls. "I was pretty drunk last night," she giggles, "Did anything happen?" "No," says Romeo, "Would you like to try it again tonight?" You guess where they end up after a few drinks at Mother's--dare we call it their place--and just what they end up doing...
...never spent a moment at Harvardwithout being in at least one play. This term, forinstance, he directed or acted in six shows whilewriting a magna thesis on the dramatic monolguesof Robert Browning. With Ronis, as with Moore,quality has never suffered due to quantity: theRichard the Second and the Romeo andJuliet he directed this year earned gushingpraise...
...cast is generally excellent, though there is a tendency for the young lovers to be upstaged by their entertaining entourage. Chad Raphael plays Romeo with tremendous sensitivity: he elegantly balances the lover's helplessness and determination, without letting either get the better of his character. It is thus pleasantly surprising to find Peter Becker's Mercutio outdoing his friend Romeo at times. Becker's performance is especially physical; he hangs from the ceiling while teasing Romeo about his romantic affliction, and is twice as good as many of the earth-bound actors who have played the same part. Mercutio...