Word: short
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wallace may "tell it like it is," but his distorted views certainly do not represent "the way it oughta be." In short, rather than symbolizing rational solutions to the nation's problems, George Wallace serves as a genuine example of what is troubling American society...
...failed to defuse the law-and-order issue promptly, the fears and animosities that have made George Wallace a potent factor this year could well intensify, making the radical right a relatively durable force. Polarization of the far right and the liberals could make for a Republican regime of short, unhappy duration...
...offense continued to press the attack into the Wesleyan end of the field. Only a few minutes later, center forward Bogovich passed the ball through the defense towards the nets. Outrunning his defender, Robertson cut in towards the goal and connected with a short boot past the frozen Wesleyan net-minder...
...blowing like the wind over solos and ensemble numbers alike, tunes that demand alternately a whisper and a belt, and lyrics that stick so close to life in its physical and emotional details as to leave no room either for clever allusions or technical bravado. The long and the short of it is that they're new (at least in the romantic world of Broadway success stories where writing the finest popular songs of the day counts for nothing), they're different, and they're here...
...would be no cause to criticize the show in such terms if it hadn't retained so much from the movie and at the same time acquired so much that is new and not quite in phase. Besides holding fast to the screenplay's construction, Simon has used several short sections of dialogue intact, which have in common that they come from the story's more serious episodes. In the funnier scenes, he has cut loose with his own comic style, adding dialogue that is unmistakably Simon's to dialogue unmistakably Wilder's and Diamond...