Word: semis
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...himself to millions of Americans five nights a week, write a premature autobiography at all? Publicity for the show is one obvious reason. But there must be more--and it is apparent in King's tone both throughout the book and on the air: Larry King is an egotistical semi-star who only lives in the shadow of the Frank Sinatras and Jackie Gleasons and Lenny Bruces with whom he has mingled throughout his career...
...name somehow lacks the imperial grace of such reigning fragrance houses as Chanel and Lanvin. But images can change, and indeed they will have to if Actor Ernest Borgnine, 65, is to become the improbable pitchman for Tova, a semi-namesake scent being marketed by his wife Tove, 41. The Borgnines boldly contend that Tova is "the most expensive perfume to make in the world." The sale price: $55 a quarter ounce (compared with $37.50 for the same amount of Chanel No. 5). Quite a step up for the guy who made his name as a butcher...
Which is one reason, at least, why Bill Rauch's style so effectively transforms this Romeo and Juliet in to a massive but vitally exciting production, a weird semi-suburban epic that often lumbers but almost never drags. Rauch's main talent lies in evoking an intricate, extensive, wholly believable world from a few strategically placed details. He does it so surely and imaginatively that, in this instance, the viewer occasionally becomes a trifle dizzy at the overlapping vistas. More to the point. Rauch stumbles on his own inventiveness when a device or a setting draws too much attention...
...booters played as well, if not better than the second-seeded unbeaten Riverwomen from the University of Missouri-St-Louis but they still ended up on the short end of a 2-1 score, with a ticket back to Cambridge rather than to Orlando, Florida for the semi-finals and finals...
Harvard will certainly have to play hard this Saturday when it takes on unbeaten University of Missouri-St Louis in the quarterfinals But, the Crimson seems to be peaking at just the right time With a trip to Orlando Honda for the semi-finals as an added bonus the playoff magic or "emotional intensity" that seems to come with the passing of Halloween, may be enough to boost the booters over the second-ranked team in the country and keep the tradition of tournament success alive...