Word: straws
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rice-Lloyd Webber score is inferior to their work in Jesus Christ Super star. While ingratiatingly melodic for the most part, Lloyd Webber's tunes seem to have been composed by the British equivalent of ASCAP anonymous. Rice's lyrics too often rely on straw-clutching rhymes. The dying Eva plaintively asks, "What is the good of the strongest heart/ In a body that's falling apart...
Last week, Darryl Williams, a student at Jamaica Plain High School, was shot at Charlestown High School during a football game. There has been a continuing pattern of racial violence since school started, Terry Tirrel, an organizer of the event, said yesterday, adding, "The shooting was the straw that broke the camel's back...
...knows the extent of Straw's maneuvers, largely because other dealers, perhaps fearful of disclosing their losses, have not filed court actions. But what has emerged so far seems to point to a confidence game played in a market where thousands ride on a handshake and a reliable reputation. Says Robert Petersen of the Petersen Galleries: "I was told that Straw's father was famous and that Steven Straw knew all the important people. We looked on him as a key source...
What happened to the missing millions? Straw will not comment on the case, but there is speculation that he lost money in commodities futures and foreign-currency trading, and that his penchant for the grand gesture drove him into debt...
Once, according to one disgruntled creditor, Straw rented a jet to deliver a check: it bounced. Authorities say Straw may face charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud. But in the meantime, his bankruptcy has left the art world's faith in itself considerably shaken...