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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...between the brothers is Fugard's own. At Yale, as in the original, Fugard has directed and plays the half-derelict, fair-skinned brother. At the outset he seems fragile, ineffectual, on the border of madness. As the narrative focuses on the implications of his relative whiteness, he gathers strength and wisdom. Zakes Mokae, a 1982 Tony Award winner for Master Harold, engagingly re-creates his original performance as the darker, earthier, more mercurial and in the end more freely dreaming brother. The actors' blood knot of decades of fraternal friendship has only ripened their truth onstage. W.A.H...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Brothers the Blood Knot | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...offense, particularly quarterback Brian White, who struggled against the Lions, will have to be at its sharpest against the fearsome Minutemen defense. Look for Restic to try to use his quickness (fullback Robert Santiago and halfback Rufus Jones) and his guile (complicated Multiflex plays and formations), rather than the strength of his fledgling offensive line to try to get by UMass...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Gridders Take Aim on Minutemen Today | 9/28/1985 | See Source »

...same publications and watching the same television as I have you'd suspect the answer has to do with the basic corruption of our society. At least this much became clear to me the other day when former Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby interrupted my dinner to discuss maximum strength feminine protection...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: My Country Tis of Tree | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

From there comes "Get Back to the Country," a foot-stomping ripsnorter from the first snaps of Rufus Thibodeaux's Cajun fiddle to the jangling bounce of Terry McMillan's Jew's harp. Both musically and metaphorically, "Get-Back to the Country" provides the strength to carry the album, both signalling Young's new direction and showing the best example...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Neil Young Goes Twang | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

...TIME board cautioned, however, that the bloated trade deficit cannot be completely closed in the foreseeable future, so imports will continue to dampen growth. "The pillars of our export strength are badly eroded," said Rimmer de Vries, chief international economist for Morgan Guaranty Trust. He noted that the U.S. is losing some of its foreign farm sales because output abroad is up sharply. Concurred Robert Hormats, a vice president of the investment banking firm Goldman Sachs and a guest at last week's meeting: "Europe is exporting poultry, beef and all the things we sold them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dancing to a Foreign Tune Time's | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

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