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Word: standings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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KING JOHN has never stood out among Shakespeare's histories. And among performances of Shakespeare, the Mather Drama Society's production does not stand out either. But strong performances by Jon Isham as Phillip the Bastard and Alexander Coxe Pearson as King John hold the play together. The major strengths in director Katherine Ashton's cast offset the weaknesses in Shakespeare's work to make this King John worth seeing...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: A Shakespearean Soap Opera | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...original as a toddler cleaves to its mother. When he ventures to emulate the style of another production, it is the oft-shown movies--itself remarkably faithful to the script. In the film version, hundreds of upper-crust stiffs assemble for the Ascot opening day races and stand at attention in overly starched collars without flexing a facial muscle...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: My Frumpy Lady | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...dimly lit fuschia blooms outside the window stand in stark contrast not only to the grays and blues of the living room, but to the gray-blue lives of the characters themselves. The light drifting in through the leaded glass produces a criss-crossed pattern of shadows across the set, creating the appropriate illusion of a cell...

Author: By Amy R. Gutman, | Title: Treading the Fine Line Between Illusion and Reality | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...they have no full-time scouts and their orgainization is the laughing stock of professional baseball. Finley has sold every player from the great championship teams of 1972, 1973, and 1974, and is trying hard to sell the whole team. In the meantime, he runs them like a pretzel stand. And pays commensurate salaries...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Mike Stenhouse Meets Charles O. Finley | 11/6/1979 | See Source »

Currently, CCA candidates hold four of the nine city council seats and three of the seven school committee slots. They stand for liberal policy--rent control, limited condominium conversion and professional city management." And chances are, they will stand as strong after tomorrow's election as they do today...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Buddy System | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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