Word: stephen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...know I can write, and one of these days I mean to produce a good book," she announced in a letter at 22. Virginia's father was Sir Leslie Stephen, the critic and biographer, and she grasped early that she had inherited his vocation. Virginia also sensed the innovative direction of her gifts: "I am sure the facts of life-the marryings and bearings and buryings are the least important, and one acts one's drama under...
...first revival of Booth Tarkington's Clarence since it opened with Alfred Lunt in the title role in 1919 is a class-conscious comedy and a delight to behold. The hero, Clarence )Stephen Keep), is a mysterious World War I veteran who applies to the Wheeler family for a job. The Wheelers-stuffy father, silly mother, bratty daughter, son thrown out of Princeton-take him on and find him a paragon of piano tuning, plumbing and wistfully disarming charm. Keep is a perfect stand-in for a young Jimmy Stewart. As Clarence, he woos and wins the governess (Marian...
...emerged with blotted copybooks, though for different reasons. Attempts to create new heroes failed miserably, despite heroic efforts in the cases of Ruben "Hurricane" Carter and Joey "Kid Blast" Gallo. And some shady characters weathered the year better than might be expected. Idi Amin, Isabel Peron, Indira Gandhi, and Stephen S.J. Hall all cling tenaciously to office...
...pragmatic--that's what you call a man like him" Stephen Marglin '59, professor of Economics, said yesterday. "He's opportunistic, if you want to make it a pejorative characterization...
Nevertheless; administrators in charge of the energy conservation project, including Stephen S.J. Hall, vice president for administration, are calling this year's program a near-total victory...