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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With darting glances and sneers irrelevant to her role as Raina's mother, Holly Maples tried to make her character appear overly civilized and dignified. Peter Picard '96 gave one of the most sound performances as Raina's father, portraying well the stiff patriarchal personality. Galen Weston '96 portrayed the insensitive, womanizing Sergius quite well...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: Shaw's Weak Writing Strangles 'Man' | 12/7/1995 | See Source »

...DAWG POUND" End zone-loving Cleveland football fans get stiff-armed as Browns bolt for Baltimore

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Nov. 20, 1995 | 11/20/1995 | See Source »

After a week or two, Corbin began recruiting them over the phone. The competition for Sprinkle was particularly stiff. Five or six schools called Sprinkle's home each week, and other colleges phoned more sporadically...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: David Sprinkle's Big Decision | 11/17/1995 | See Source »

...relationship is key to the success of the play, since they have the most time together on stage, but their interactions are uneven. Sometimes their dialogue is crisp and their banter realistic, but occasionally the lines, and subsequently the acting, are stiff and stilted. It's hard to make much of a relationship which consists primarily of drinking coffee and having sex, but Quinones and Seid manage to make it interesting most of the time...

Author: By Emily J. Wood, | Title: 'Coffee' Is Harmless Drink | 11/9/1995 | See Source »

Heaney, whose selections included "Stiff Tree" and "An Artist," ended his reading with "Poet's Chair," a meditation on a sculpture in Dublin by that title...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Heaney Reads For Centennial | 11/4/1995 | See Source »

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