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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...PLAY STARTS OFF lightly indeed. Sam (John Keene) and Willie (Timothy Benston), the two employees of the St. George's Park Teahouse, are alone at work, talking and preparing for an upcoming ballroom-dancing competition. With great spirit, they practice the quick-step and kid each other about dance partners. Keene and Benston develop a pleasant, relaxed rapport, and clearly define their characters--Sam is the gentle, wise adviser to the more clownish Willie...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: A Tribute to Fugard | 11/21/1986 | See Source »

...Sam Nunn, D-Ga., incoming chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said, "I counted at least seven contradictions from what I have been told by his top aides. ... We have a strong foreign policy that's in serious disarray...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Decided to Sell Iran Arms | 11/20/1986 | See Source »

Three plays later, though, Lennon suffered a concussion when Sam Pedroza stopped him at the 2 yd.-line. The play put Lennon out of the contest and set up a fourth-and-two situation...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Leverett Thumps Currier to Take Football Title | 11/19/1986 | See Source »

...think most people worth honoring would be controversial," said Sam McCracken, assistant to Silber. He said that the Zulu chief is a leader who "Works within the system [of apartheid] to destroy...

Author: By Jonathan S. Leff, | Title: B.U. Students Protest Zulu's Honorary Degree | 11/18/1986 | See Source »

...sons of Polish immigrants, Sam, William and Hyman Belzberg have invested the proceeds of their real estate and oil and gas investments in a complex tangle of public and private firms said to be worth some $8 billion. U.S. holdings include Manhattan-based First City Capital, a subsidiary of Vancouver's First City Financial (assets: $2.9 billion); Far West Financial, a large California savings and loan; Connecticut-based Scovill, an industrial firm that makes Yale locks and other consumer products; and substantial stakes in about 20 other major U.S. firms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Canadians Come Calling | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

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