Word: stabs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contrast, Ivan Briscoe, as the self-important, archetypal actor, the Player, enunciates his lines flawlessly. With this character, Stoppard takes a stab at the thesps of this world, and Briscoe's interpretation is a twist of the knife. He delivers a spirited portrayal of the unshakably dignified Player who doubles as pimp for a group of malnourished and talentless actors-cum-prostitutes...
Gator Collet thought it was funny. As 16 year-old Jason Robinson lay bleeding to death on the floor of his social studies class last Monday from stab wounds inflicted by Gator and two friends. Gator Collet laughed while chanting, "Jason's going to die, Jason's going...
...good to see undergraduates taking a stab at the complex and stimulating world of opera. Of course, such large productions are difficult to produce, but student opera can be done effectively and creatively. Dunster House's Carmen gets an "A" for effort but a "C" for mediocrity...
Decide that since your academic life is in a shambles, you will at least make a stab at getting a life next year. (At this point, anything's betting than going back upstairs to face your thesis again...
...desk in English class, silently preparing to collect a couple of hundred dollars on a dare. She had settled on a simple plan. Just wait for the bell to ring, reach into her book bag, grab the 12-in. fillet knife she had brought from home and stab the teacher in the chest while Marlena, a 12- year-old accomplice, pinned her down. Then -- whoosh -- instant respect...