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Word: sirs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...come closer than ever to unseating her. Even before the latest coup ended, plots were being hatched for the next stage of the rebellion, one the planners are certain will bring about Aquino's fall. As a government trooper who helped put down the mutiny said of the rebels: "Sir, they are not the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines There Is Always a Next Time | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...series of events, the players come to the conclusion that "love levels all ranks." The rag woman reveals that she was nurse to the captain and Ralph at birth and that she switched them in their cradles. The show ends happily with all the lovers united and the arrogant Sir Joseph stuck with his cousin, Hebe...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: An Unsteady Ship | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...earnest Ralph Rackstraw, and after some trouble warming up his voice, he was very good. Another of the show's highpoints was Shawna Cornelius in the role of the captain's daughter Josephine. Cornelius has a beautiful voice, and the small scenes which she was in with Amory and Sir Joseph (Orin Percus) saved the show...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: An Unsteady Ship | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...never thought of thinking for myself at all," says Sir Joseph, explaining his rise to power. "A British sailor is any man's equal...except mine," he continues. This role, while certainly not a sympathetic one, is the jewel of H.M.S. Pinafore. Percus' facial expressions and the way he used his body to express his arrogance and frustration were perfect for the swollen-headed aristocrat...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: An Unsteady Ship | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

Some of the costuming was also well-done and frequently quite amusing. All of it was reasonably true to the time period (with the exception of the sailors' black loafers). And Sir Joseph's life-jacket, complete with gold tassels to assert his importance and the nighteap and gown which he later sports, made him even more of a comic figure...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: An Unsteady Ship | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

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