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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Early in the play, Dallas gets into a tiff with Garry Lejune (Donivan Barton), who plays Nothing On's furtive Roger Tramplemain; they disagree about why Tramplemain must complete a certain stage direction. Barton is amusing with his inarticulate show of righteous anger, but most of the laughs come from Zelman's deadpan delivery. Dallas' reaction to Tramplemain's tantrum exemplifies his feeling toward his cast: "I'm starting to know what God felt like, sitting outside in the darkness, creating the world: He was very happy that He'd taken His valium...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: And on the Eighth Day, God Took His Valium | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

...story Brent summer home designed by director John Claflin, most of Act I drags. Act III, due to no fault of the actors, is also a let-down. Act II, however, fraught with fast-paced action and funny mime sequences, is definitely the most entertaining part of the show...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: And on the Eighth Day, God Took His Valium | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

Public criticism, some of it galvanized by broadcast talk-show hosts, helped lead to defeat of a proposed 51 percent congressional pay raise earlier this year. But there was no time this time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Votes to Hike Member Pay to $120K | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

Statistics show that a significant number of Harvard Law graduates who do enter private law directly become disenchanted with the corporate world and leave it for public-service law after five years...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: `L.A. Law': An HLS Corporate Fantasy | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

Zuromskis said studies show 20 percent of the people who should have been innoculated against measles between 1957 and 1980 do not have antibodies to the virus. Also, Zuromskis said, the vaccine that was used between 1957 and 1967 was not fully effective...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: UHS Urges New Measles Shots | 11/16/1989 | See Source »

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