Word: solider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hope Wilson's pursuit of a women's center goes down in history books like the tortoise's race in fairy tales: A slow start at the outset, a solid effort throughout and a lasting victory...
...Hutton: "Just look at the legacy here. On the heels of the ((Third World)) debt problem, other pieces of the pie are beginning to fall apart for banks, such as real estate, LBOs and other highly leveraged transactions. These were pieces of the puzzle that were supposed to generate solid returns of capital. But the pieces aren't working. The banks just never had a period for a breather...
...Poppers' good sense was to get rock-solid data. Their genius was to see and understand the grim trend. Their audacity was to propose a solution and give it a bumper-sticker name: Buffalo Commons. Their good fortune was to be near New York City, which still tingles from the memories of its rich sons, like Theodore Roosevelt, sent west a century ago for thrills and toughening. The national media reveled in an honest-to-goodness cowboy story...
...highly adaptable village-square setting by Kate Edmunds. The production is so good that even a predictable climax -- the villain's armed intrusion at the wedding of a shepherd he despises and a maiden he means to rape -- achieves the abrupt power of surprise. Among a solid ensemble cast, Jack Heller is a wonderfully hissable overlord, full of chill arrogance and hot rage, and Domenique Lozano and Stephen Burks are the most affecting of his victims. The chief asset, however, is the play itself, which is both a singular masterwork and a reminder to every U.S. nonprofit theater that there...
...rest of the cast of newcomers, unfortunately, do not offer equally electric performances, but they are invariably solid. Clements, if not inspired, is able as Tom. And Carolyn Farina is convincing as his well-read, occasionally insipid love interest Audrey. Taylor Nichols gives the strongest supporting performance as Charlie, the thoughtful pessimist who forever wonders if members of the "urban haute bourgeoisie" are doomed to (relative) failure...