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WHILE THE LEADS go straight to the stage to begin the run-through, I retire to the infamous green room to await my cue. While the big-time actors are praised for their voices and stage presence, the prime virtue for a spear-carrier such as myself is patience. Someday, perhaps, will come fame and adulation; for now I must content myself with a day-old New York Times and a comfortable spot on the couch...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: An Insider's View | 4/25/1986 | See Source »

...showcase its members, the D.L.C. has conducted campaign-style road shows in five states, including California and Florida. On a recent trip to Dallas, Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia and Congressman Les Aspin of Wisconsin, leaders of the military-reform movement on Capitol Hill, told some 200 local Democratic spear carriers that while the Reagan Administration's trillion-dollar military buildup had created a "museum of weapons systems," the U.S. still lacks a sound and coherent defense strategy. Doves they are not, however. Said Nunn: "We need to make sure that the public understands that the Democratic Party stands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rising Stars From the Sunbelt | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...WELLESLEY!" sneers the cast, taking care of the obligatory spear of nearby women's colleges and reminding us that this is, first and foremost, a Pudding show...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: The Heat Is On at the Hasty | 2/19/1986 | See Source »

...kindly. "What size shoes do you wear?" strangers wonder. "You want to buy me a pair?" he smiles. They are only 15 1/2s. Bol's ebony brow may appear furrowed, but those are scratches from a puberty rite that, more than the sleeping lion he once killed with a spear, confirmed his courage. He laughs easily when his spindly fingers wrap twice around an ordinary hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hurry, Hurry, Step Right Up | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

Ebert: "Well, I always thought that Kafka was funny and I certainly think the same of these works. I mean just look at the variety of weapons that Jason Voorhees, our friendly neighborhood psycho, keeps on hand I mean he has a machete, a spear-gun, a penknife, a chainsaw, a leather thong, an axe, a bow and arrow, a pair of garden shears, and other sharp, pointy objects. And all of these just happen to be indigenous to the Lake Crystal area. I laughed all day long...

Author: By Jeff Chest, | Title: They're Still Heeeere...' | 4/12/1985 | See Source »

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