Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...place removed from the concerns of the rest of America, one where politicians spend most of their time squabbling among themselves. Young was describing the period of American history at the beginning of the 19th Century known as the "Era of Good Feelings." Today the politicians of Washington seem remarkably similar to their Jeffersonian-era ancestors. Lawmakers squabble among themselves for committee assignments, everyone wants to know who knew what and when, and rather than actually venturing into the hinterlands, polls keep the legislative and executive branches informed on national trends...
...EVEN when the possible candidates address these non-Washington concerns they have failed to do so with vigor. Indeed perhaps the saddest thing about this year's crop of presidential timber is that few of them seem to be morally outraged. Every problem has a practical explanation and solution. And everything seems to be tied to economic competitiveness. Even when Gary Hart, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, argues that we should improve the nation's schools, he says it's because our Gross National Product is suffering...
...name of tradition, a grand tradition that our staid 300-year-old University prizes to the tune of a $1 million investment in the building that houses the theater. A tradition it would seem of sumptuous costumes, sumptuous scenery and smutty puns...
...Tolins, who wrote the show with Adrian Blake (Barry Tones), plays Beverly Hills, the director of the opera. His portrayal of the Jewish prima donna is the best stand-up routine in the show, although his good lines and rapid-fire timing seem a bit misplaced in the generally wooden bumbling...
...felt uncomfortable before the show, think how he must have felt as he watched this production unfold. A trip to Moscow probably didn't seem like such a bad option anymore...