Word: squawks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...owners balk, the players walk and the fans squawk...
...pacing the floor in Aaron's office, saying 'O.K., suppose these three girls work for this detective named ... Harry.' And then I saw the intercom on Aaron's desk, and I said, 'Suppose you never see Harry. He always calls them on that squawk box. And suppose instead of tough-mmm ...' And then I saw a picture on the wall of three angels. 'Suppose they're, like, Harry's angels...
That is all they do. In Lanford Wilson's off-Broadway hit, the inmates and their equally downtrodden keeper yell, moan, squawk and whimper at each other for about two hours. When the play ends, their home is one day closer to its demise: so are they; nothing else has changed. Because the play has virtually no plot, it relies entirely on its characters to propell it along and keep its audience interested. And because the actors in this Dunster House production make the residents neither believable nor interesting, Hot I Baltimore makes for an almost unrelievedly dreary evening...
...Harvard had a fancy scoreboard, that's what many people would be watching today. Instead, they will listen to the reliable squawk of public address announcer Charlie Dale pass judgment on the fate of the Harvard season. The Crimson's chances for a share of the Ivy championship rest with Cornell this week (and Princeton next) in their encounter with Yale at the Bowl. If the Elis win both of those, they win the League outright--whether they beat Harvard...
...cruises waiting for the squawk of the radio that would mean news, or tragedy, depending on your outlook. Dorchester, with its distinct line between the white and Black sections, is quiet. So too Brookline, and downtown Boston, where workers busily sweep up a day's worth of bakery wrappings from the Quincy Market plaza. In fact, it looks like it might be a bad night, real quiet...