Word: strength
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...women's lives. Rather she follows the same pattern she set in last year's Riches (from which she has drawn several songs for Children) of presenting stereotypes, who work their way through what is essentially a musical revue of women's experiences, rather than rounded characters. And the strength of the production lies in the cast's ability to infuse these ideal types with life as they march through vignette after vignette. The show stumbles most, though never managing to fall, when songs demand fully developed characters to lend credibility to the very personal experiences the lyrics describe...
...show's end, this musical tries to end happily. From some hidden reserve of strength each actress, albeit somewhat tentatively, decides that she has the power to start from scratch one more time. And if the shift from mental shambles to self-conscious self-respect is a little abrupt, the energy of the company makes up for the inconsistency. Simply: the actresses and musicians in Children are very, very good and they overcome to a large degree the mediocre aspects of the production. Though the show has its share of problems, it still stands out as one of the best...
...Tigers still managed to grab a 44-37 lead after the first race, however, on the strength of a two-three finish by two members of their stable of distance thoroughbreds, junior Andy Saltzman and freshman Craig Peterson. But while those two were leading the rest of the pack from the outside lanes, sophomore sensation Andy "Beaver" O'Hara--the man who upset Hackett on the last leg of the 400-yd. freestyle relay to win the meet for Princeton a year ago--was struggling to a surprisingly weak eighth place finish in lane five...
Princeton, who fell behind by 48 points after failing to score in the diving, recovered to win the thrilling medley relay, the evening's final event. Harvard finished third in the event (behind the Tigers and Army) on the strength of strong legs by Seelen and Mack (45.33 split for his 100 free anchor...
...five Russian-American steelworker friends in a small Ohio valley town, while remaining largely true to actual events. This ground-level view is contrived at first--for instance, the actors are awkward and reckless with their guns, and they talk a little like displaced New Yorkers--but the emotional strength of the story wins the audience. Robert DeNiro carries the movie with the intensity of that inner distance he has copyrighted, and the supporting cast crystallizes and meshes perfectly around him. In the end, it doesn't matter that this film refuses to deal with Vietnam, because small-town America...