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...help their own kin. The Cuban Patriotic Junta, a coalition of exile groups, began handing out $40 in cash to each newcomer. Miami-area Cuban Americans donated an astonishing 40 tons of clothing (about 30% of the Miami area's population is Cuban). Beyond that, boasted Silvia Unzueta, a relief coordinator at Tamiami Park, "We have enough Pampers for every child in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Open Heart, Open Arms | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...most significant performance of the day by freshman Silvia Whitman, playing her first varsity match ever. Whitman showed great poise and promise for upcoming seasons in her 3-1 victory on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Defeat Defeat Dartmouth, 5-2, Extend Unbeaten Streak to 5 Matches | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

BORN. To Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, 33, and his German-born wife Queen Silvia, 35; their first son, second child; in Stockholm. Name: Carl Philip Edmund Bertil, Duke of Värmland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 28, 1979 | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

...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 the production from utter desuetude...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Bad Bard in Boston | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Bad Bard in Boston | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

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