Word: slammed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only participant. He passes time offstage with his pet tarantula and his friend Michelle, who giggles about the day she and Darby discovered a corpse in their backyard. At night Darby wanders through rock halls as the more engaged members of the audience pogo to the music and slam into each other with the force of bumper cars. Darby doesn't dance much; he simply staggers forward, backward, attentive to some inner music, like the dying of his brain cells. Within the year, the rest of him will be dead, of overdose and ennui...
...while telling his version of an entertainer's life and self-inflicted hard times. As the performance progresses, and Hank periodically darts offstage for a "glass of milk," he becomes more surly, maudlin, fatalistic. His life is crumbling; he knows it and, trouper to the end, makes a slam-bang show out of it. So does Carl Chase, who plays Williams. He does not look like Hank; he does not sound much like him. But through craft or luck or force of will, he becomes Williams. The competition is tough, but Chase is giving what may be the finest...
...ensuing contest with Princeton, a Pat Horne grand slam put the Crimson up 5-4 in the top of the fifth, but in the bottom of the frame. Barb Mahon came on to relieve starter Karen Pelletier and yielded six runs and the ballgame to the Tigers...
...then disagreement over a call ensued. Pompan, down 3-4, was visibly sparked by the controversy as he fought back to win the final point with an overhand slam and the set 6-4. In the third and crucial set, intense volleys and diving saves resulted in a 6-4 victory for Pompan...
What they have done to temporarily alleviate the problem is connect the boat house to the wall with metal chains. This boat-house-on-a-leash can't escape, but it can continually slam into the concrete wall, not the safest of feelings when you're inside...