Word: shedding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...side of the man. Lear devoted his early career to producing detailed paintings of birds, and his pictures, collected by Susan Hyman in Edward Lear's Birds (Morrow; 96 pages; $37.95), belong on the same shelf with Audubon's. The line drawings and sketches that accompany them shed new light on the man himself. Many artists have used birds to lampoon their fellow men. The owlish Lear used them to caricature himself...
...inability to occupy the space while maintaining a modicum of subtlety or humanity--is exacerbated. But the approach seems conscious, particularly when Cornuelle places an actor behind a pole during a key confrontation, or has Marina, the old nurse, speak throughout in Russian. These kind of alienation effects often shed surprising light on classic plays, but I question their use in Uncle Vanya. I believe the director misunderstands the strengths of this harrowing play, and the effects of this may be felt in every scene, in every performance...
...theory is that rehiring Barnett was simply an administrative goof. When it was discovered, officials decided that the best strategy was to play for time until it was decided how to handle his case with the least amount of damaging publicity. Whatever the truth, the Justice Department promises to shed at least some light on the shadowy case of David Barnett when he is formally arraigned this week...
...will captain the lacrosse squad with Sailer in the spring, says that this year's team will be stronger than in years past. Lacrosse coach Carole Kleinfelder agrees with Velie's assessment, but says that if Velie is going to be an effective captain she will have to shed a lot of her reticence and modesty...
...city's ethnic population skyrocketed and members of the second generation became voters, the Irish emerged as a voting bloc that Cambridge's Yankee inhabitants could no longerignore. The Civil War gave the Irish the opportunity they needed to shed their stigma, for though many were not enthusiastic abolitionists, they enlisted readily...