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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...single performer among this excellent cast can be said to steal the show, it is the phenomenal Sarah Burt-Kinderman '97, playing Jacques, the "melancholic" clown. A character who usually lurks in the corners of Shakespeare's text, Jacques has been slightly recast by Zayas into an interestingly post-modern role of the isolated intellectual. His sardonic commentary and constant observations on the rest of the play draw the line between the fantastic and the real, bringing the viewpoint of a modern, cynical viewer into the play. In his battered black suit, derby hat and worn-out umbrella, Burt-Kinderman...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, | Title: The Bard Transmogrified Shines | 3/13/1997 | See Source »

...former Army buddy who would become his accused co-conspirator. The paper did not indicate whether Nichols found out. Still, according to the notes, Nichols helped build the bomb and carried out a McVeigh plan to finance it by breaking into an Arkansas gun dealer's house to steal weapons (later sold for cash). According to the newspaper's account, McVeigh "insisted that he was the one who drove the Ryder truck" to the federal building, denying reports that someone else may have carried out the actual delivery of the bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIMOTHY MCVEIGH: THEY SAID HE SAID ... | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

Harvard's offensive surge was led by Feaster--who in one span scored six points in 28 seconds--and junior Alison Seanor, who seemed to spark the Crimson with two driving layups and a steal at the start of the half...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: W.B-Ball Streaking Towards Postseason | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

...three jump--a dreamlike scene of letting go--and discover a commune of becalmed, largely indistinguishable migrants much like themselves. Weeks go by without exhilaration or despair. The beach dwellers fish, steal a little marijuana from an illicit plantation and work on their tans. Eventually, perhaps because everyone has read Lord of the Flies, things fall apart nastily. But even this calamity, which involves blood and dead people (the pot growers lose patience), does not touch the survivors. They grab sandals and rucksacks and move on. Richard reports all this a year later from London, where he is tethered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: A HOST OF DEBUTS | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

Black got into the act with a steal of her own. She fired an outlet pass to Gelman, who slowly brought the ball up court and drained a three-pointer which forced Yale to take a timeout...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: W. Basketball Tops Ivy League Again | 3/1/1997 | See Source »

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