Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first time in my life as an American, I envy something Britain has: Tory Margaret Thatcher [Feb. 24]. Her defense of "middleclass interests," espousal of rewards for skill and hard work, and resistance to the excessive power of the state strike a tiny bell of recognition, reminding us that we used to have representatives who spoke in this fashion. May I say, "We could use you here, Margaret...
...when they sing--LaZebnik's lyrics require precise enunciation and too often jokes are missed simply because the words are smudged not only in their songs but throughout. Janice Cuddy (God) and Debbie Smigel (Jenny Novocane) are both excellent; Cuddy's "Power to Persuade" is belted out with high skill. Nancy Raffman brings a sharper edge to her role than most others in the cast and her kind of mania is just what an actor of actress needs to bring so this show...
...DEFENDING "MIDDLECLASS INTERESTS": If middle-class values include the encouragement of variety and individual choice, the provision of incentives and rewards for skill and hard work, the maintenance of effective barriers against the excessive power of the state and a belief in the wide distribution of individual private property, then they are certainly what I am trying to defend...
Unquestionably, muscle has won games for the Flyers. Opposition players often give Dave Schultz, who has more strength than skill, a wide berth wherever he skates. More often than not, it is a Flyer who comes out of a corner melee with the puck. But do the Flyers dish out cheap shots and unnecessary brutality? In the final playoff game against the New York Rangers last spring, the Flyers helped themselves to victory when Schultz sent Ranger Defenseman Dale Rolfe to the dressing room with two gashes in the forehead. Toward the end of a recent road game against...
...lucky few who in ten years may parlay stickhandling skill into N.H.L. loot, there is little doubt. Some Canadians feel, in fact, that the combination of more young players and increased emphasis on the sport means that the U.S. will eventually dominate the pro game. But for most, the reward will continue to be the fun of playing...