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Word: stan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meet, a promising, diligent and directed "young man" from South Boston who plans to go to law school. Unlike the other members of his family--his rebel sister is a Moonie, but the rest, devoutly Catholic and provincial, remain in Southie--Tim says he "found the real world." Stan Feitelberg is his antithetic nemesis, a loose-hanging San Franciscan who gets high and lapses into a desk-pounding imitation of Keith Moon as a diversion from his chemistry reading...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: Finding Our Lost Cookies | 12/3/1977 | See Source »

...that good jocks are supposed to do, such as drink massive quantities of beer, "hump chicks," and sap off other people's notebooks. JC wanders around the stage perpetually stoned--his first words in the play come when he lumbers into the room for the first time and sees Stan and Jim and their unpacked mess: "Oh wow, man." A contrast to the freshman goofies is provided by Jim Propp, who depicts Stan's older pre-med brother, Abe. Propp, too, plays his stereotype to the last detail, his very presence on the stage annoying the hell out of everyone...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: Finding Our Lost Cookies | 12/3/1977 | See Source »

...comes down on "Jock" for his systematic "academic rip-offs" from other students during exams, and rebuffs Stan because he never seems to get any work done, preferring to imbibe spirits, smoke, and the girl across the hall. JC--as the rich, useless preppie from St. Paul's--attracts disdain from his roommates, who see him "taken care of" by his wealthy father; Tim, on the other hand, is the prim, self-sufficient perfection of the Greek ideal, envied by Stan for his diligence and direction...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: Finding Our Lost Cookies | 12/3/1977 | See Source »

...Stan Getz--Paul's Mall at 8:30 and 11 Pat Metheny--Jazz Workshop at 8:30 and 11 Art Farmer Quartet--Berklee Performance Center at 8 Stan Strickland and Sundance--1369 Jazz Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: December 1-December 7 | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

...Stan Getz--Paul's Mall at 8:30 and 11 Pat Metheny--Jazz Wokshop at 8:30 and 11 New Arts Trio--Emmanuel Church...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: December 1-December 7 | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

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