Word: sheers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wycherley made even his minor characters convincing and more than mere dramatic foils, but Turner's producation rarely allows them anything but sheer entertainment value. At this, however, they are superb, and David Natzler as Novel, "a pert railing fop and admirer of novelties" carries on his own one-man show...
...bible of the entire under-$1000-a-tour set. Frommer's ideas of nutrition have always been questionable--he recommends subsistence diets of french fries and mayonnaise, one reason why rancid bathroom stalls all over Western Europe bear the graffiti "Arthur Frommer ate here." Worse, the sheer popularity of his book is discouraging: Long lines of students form each morning at quiet "hideaways" Frommer recommends, each tired traveler trying to make his worn yellow paperback edition as inconspicuous as possible. The whole packing-for-summer-camp attitude is even more objectionable. Frommer has a word of advice on everything from...
However, the Science Museum in East Cambridge, a regional attraction, now draws 600,000 visitors annually, and its 950 parking spaces cannot accommodate the crowds. Brad Washburn, the museum's director and a close friend of the late president, has termed the proposed Harvard Square location "sheer lunacy." At this writing, the Kennedy gravesite at Arlington cemetery continues to draw three million visitors per year...
...first saw the Riverside production at the urging of Actress Colleen Dewhurst, who had become interested in the group while it was forming. The play opened last month at the Public Theater to solidly favorable reviews. As drama, it is rough and repetitive; its considerable impact comes from the sheer explosive energy of its not-quite-professional performers. Nevertheless, Producer Papp believes that Short Eyes is strong enough to move uptown to Lincoln Center, where it will open in late...
...another major inflationary effect of affluence is a matter of sheer numbers: the growing pressure of world demand on the resource base of raw materials. Observes Canadian Economist Carl Beigie, "What is happening is that the fondue pot of the world is being attacked by more people with bigger sticks...