Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hands of these extremely able actors,the drama could stand strong on an empty stage,but the efforts of director Nick Parrillo andproducers John B. Cearley '99 and Ali Ruth Davis'00 to capitalize on the details give theproduction its finessed perfection. The set of theMaGrath household is brilliant. The stage isfilled with infinite, touching details--ahalf-empty bottle of diswashing liquid on acluttered counter top, cheap curtains, Coke in therefrigerator, flowered wallpaper--which appeal notonly to the domestic nostalgia of an itinerantcollege student, but to anyone who has ever spenttime in a home kitchen. That the set has runningwater...
...were) and conciliations--between Nathan and Jim, Lily and Sara, Sara and Luke. Aptly enough for a novel about the neglected, Nathan works at the Lost Property office of the London Underground, the repository of the forgotten. Like the objects that pass through Nathan's hands, the characters stand in limbo--existing but unrecognised...
...tried to hit every high note of the terrifically lustful "Hot Blood." Williams delved deeper and deeper into blues until the crowd was in a virtual frenzy over the metallic guitar solos so vigorous they seemed super-human. The crowd bravely vibrating in their chairs, yearned to stand. Many even made due by dancing in their seats. Williams joked: "Gee, I feel weird singing this blues stuff in a theater, y'all should be standing up and drunk or something...
...like what he stands for, and I like his style. That's what got him elected. In a huge field of candidates with good policies, that's what made him stand out," she said...
...least one thing got resolved at the federal courthouse Tuesday: Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale stepped down from the witness stand after six days of witty one-liners and folksy banter. His parting shot: How the Microsoft-Apple deal, which made Internet Explorer the default browser on every Mac, made him feel. "It irritated the stew out of me," said Barksdale. In notes released by the Justice Department, Apple's chief financial officer says Apple was "dead" unless it made Explorer the default. The government?s next witness, Netscape cofounder Marc Andreessen, has a tough act to follow...