Word: successors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...police blotter. Close starred in the L.A. production and won the Broadway part after Lloyd Webber reneged on a contract with Patti LuPone, the creator of the role in London; it cost him $1 million to buy LuPone out. Faye Dunaway, meanwhile, was engaged as Close's successor in L.A., only to be fired when Lloyd Webber decided her voice was not up to the part; her $6 million lawsuit is pending. Close, her mobile face and twitching hands working overtime, captures all the character's narcissistic neuroticism, and she sings in a clear soprano that, if unschooled, is nevertheless...
...just as troubled au pairs are recycled, so are problem families. The McManamys provided temporary shelter to two AuPairCare hires, both in flight from the same couple. The first au pair complained of a domineering husband and a jealous wife. Her successor charged that the husband had made sexual advances and the wife had refused to speak to her. Becky, who helped the first go home and the second find a better job, says the agency failed to assist in either case. More common, an agency will attribute the problem to "incompatibility," and try to rematch both sides...
...muddle instead of music." Afraid not only for his livelihood but for his life, Shostakovich withdrew the earthy score, replaced it with a pallid adaptation called Katerina Ismailova, and never wrote another opera. It was not until 1979 that the original work surfaced; gradually, it has been replacing its successor in the international repertoire...
Newman suggested that the only two fair ways to determine Walsh's successor would be to appoint the candidate who came closest to winning or to redistribute all unallocated ballots, including the 2182 ballots cast for Walsh. Both methods would result in McSweeney's selection...
While Hanselman is optimistic about the prospects for student involvement, he doubts that his objective of equal student and faculty representation in the search for Jewett's successor will be achieved...