Word: slot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Floridian freshman Rachel Pollock--a better player outdoors--moved from sixth singles up to the fourth slot against Pepperdine. The gamble paid off, as Pollock pulverized Pepperdine's Anna Lefebvre by a 6-0, 6-0 margin...
...show I panned called me up and asked to see me to talk "philosophically" about reviewing. In the spirit of fairness, I accepted. He worked his way up to the charge: the principal organization behind the show had applied to various House drama societies for a production slot in the fall and had been turned down everywhere-all because of my review. This is truly astonishing. Because of me. I think there might have been a better reason: the production sucked...
...that production--the pathetic set, the confused, undirected actors--or who heard the tales (after the fact, as I did) of parents and friends being called in to clean up the messy staging and to coach the actors, would be crazy to give money and a coveted directing slot to an organization so clearly incapable of exercising any judgement. But with a little psychological displacement, you can blame anyone for failure...
...would also like to point out that the 2 p.m. time slot that Dean Epps recommended would have actually discouraged attendance, since at that hour, most parents would have been spending their only free afternoon with their children...
ELVIS (ABC, Sundays, 8:30 p.m. EST). ABC's new bio series offers two surprises. Rather than a cynical attempt to cash in on Elvismania, it is an unpretentious look at the King's early years. Surprise No. 2: despite glowing reviews and a good time slot, Elvis is walking on Lonely Street in the ratings...