Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Henry Woronicz as Valentine manages to breathe a bit more life into his role, especially after the first act. Though he looks like an emaciated Ted Baxter--complete with stiff face and silver hair--he carries off the more serious side of Valentine adequately. Woronicz provides a decent opposite to Catherine Rust's marvelous Silvia. Echoing Juliet's poignancy, Silvia is the best realized character in Shakespeare's script, and Rust does the part justice and more. Her voice shakes with genuine emotion and her gestures have none of the stiffness that hampers the rest of the cast. She saves...
That one exception is David Michael Berti as Sir Eglamour, the bit part knight who helps Silvia escape in Act V. He leaps on stage wearing silver boots, a white cape, silver leggings and a white tunic with a heraldic device on the front. Shazzam! It's Disco Superman! The house howled at every word. Berti played it to the hilt, flourishing his cape and pouncing about the stage like Batman, delivering his lines with Marvel Comics bravado. As comedy this bogus touch was great, but as Shakespeare it seemed rather strained and out of sorts with the prevailing traditionalism...
Only after talking about his rowing background for almost 15 minutes does Peter Raymond, first year men's lightweight crew coach, reveal that he's rowed in the Olympics twice (in 1968 and 1972) and won a silver medal...
...forgotten his past feats. But with a natural confidence, he has no need to loudly trumpet his claims to fame. And as he talks, you begin to wonder how much of a claim to fame he regards his silver medal. To him, achievement is only noteworthy if it reflects hard work and dedication. The experience of participation, not the moment of victory, is precious to Raymond...
Some of the grand old trains would disappear, however, including the Crescent, from Washington to Atlanta and New Orleans; the Montrealer, from Washington through New England to Canada; the National Limited, from New York to Kansas City; the North Coast Hiawatha, from Chicago to Seattle; and both the Silver Meteor and the Champion, from New York to Florida. All the cuts, Adams estimates, would save about $1.4 billion in taxpayers' money over the next five years...