Word: shops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conflict is two-pronged: First is an endless battle between undergraduates and Brustein's drama school over stage time, access to the shop and props. Second is the widespread feeling among undergraduates that Brustein has little respect for their productions, and even less affection for the undergrads as a whole...
...proposed undergraduate drama program. The theater houses a main stage and an experimental theater (the Ex), like the Loeb. Unlike the Loeb, no soundproofing was installed between the two stages, so only one show may go on a night, further restricting an already cramped schedule. The repertory's shop is located in the building. Dramat students are permitted access to the company's extensive collection, but, understandably, the company has first priority. The Dramat also has its offices in the building...
...week later," Bailey says. The other weeks of the fall and spring season went to the drama school. For weeks at a time, she remembers, "we couldn't see any sign of a performance going on. Stage space was just wasted." The drama school often used the stage shop to paint and dry their backdrops. Bailey laments, "It's one thing to lose our stage time to a performance. It's inexcusable to lose it for a shop...
...Jones and his faithful began making evangelistic forays to San Francisco and beyond. He again bought an old synagogue, this one in the run-down Fillmore area of San Francisco's inner city. Using it as his headquarters, he opened an infirmary, a child-care center, a carpentry shop and kitchens for feeding the neighborhood poor. His services were dazzling, with soul and gospel music and dance groups. He attracted increasing numbers of black parishioners (the Peoples Temple was more than 80% black). He involved them in liberal causes, busing them to protest demonstrations, making them canvass for politicians...
...retailing, and they now account for fully 18% of all the general merchandise sold. Some experts believe that that percentage will grow much more. Maxwell Sroge, a Chicago-based mail-order consultant, goes so far as to assert that catalogue sales may prove to be the biggest revolution in shopping ever. Says he: "If you have insomnia, you can shop at four in the morning. It's a store that never closes...