Word: shaded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...requires directorial fine-tuning, and, for some unknown reason, it does not receive that from Marshall W. Mason, who has proved admirably sensitive on any number of past occasions. The complexity of the intertwining roles called for more rehearsal time than the actors apparently got. Bob Gunton is a shade too stilted as James, hoping perhaps that physical constriction could simulate advanced middle age. Frank Langella moves with grand assurance across Broadway's Longacre stage, ranging from impish mischief to laceration of soul. As Eleanor and her alter ego, Damon and Kerr lend their roles compelling honesty, and Roxanne...
...vote was supposed to be a curtain raiser for the main event, a leading indicator of the Prime Minister's electoral intentions. At stake were 12,668 seats in 369 local councils. Inevitably, perhaps, it was also anticlimactic. Labor did a shade better than expected, given its poor standing in the opinion polls, but the Tories also fared reasonably well. The fledgling Social Democrats did poorly, though it was their first try at nationwide campaigning. "Very patchy," said Ivor Crewe, a political analyst at Essex University...
Because the clubs are such an integral part of many students' social lives. Princeton still echoes with vestiges of the cosmopolitan lifestyle of F Scott Fitzgerald and the flapper generation. But those images emanate from the design of Princeton itself. The sturdy elms which line and shade the streets and the row of terraced clubs down Prospect Avenue realfirm the traditional images of Old Nassau However, students say Fitzgerald's carefree mixture of youth and affluence appears rarely in their experiences as Princeton undergraduates, in part because they simply do not have the time. "We work awfully hard," said senior...
...grab yourself a hot dog and a place in the shade to watch a good ol' game of America's favorite past time. These won't exactly be baseball players and they won't exactly be throwing sliders and curves; instead they'll be "bowling." What you'll have chanced upon is the annual Lowell-South House cricket match...
...Cubans seem to be doing the work for everybody else: they have 400 men driving steamrollers and laying down asphalt at the new airport. They also have teachers, doctors and dentists all over the countryside. Most Grenadians tend to salute such revolutionary zeal and dedication, but usually from the shade...