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WHAT HOLDS ALL THESE revolutionary approaches to gather is consistently superb line reading not only on the classic soliloquies but even during the endless stretches of desultory verbal fencing. He even incorporates the rarely heard second second-act prologue which summarizes the lovers developing plight...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Another World | 11/17/1982 | See Source »

...squad has quite a way to go before reaching that goal The Harvard pack finished 128th to 159th on the rolling Lehigh course, and even McNulty's superb race was not in the top 10 for the region...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Harriers Compete in NCAA Qualifiers | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

...fashioned literary career in an era obsessed with the new. In the past, writers in the U.S. could expect to be left pretty much alone by their fellow citizens. They could blame such neglect on Philistinism or the no-nonsense approach of youthful capitalism. They might, like Melville, produce superb work and still decline into seedy obscurity. But the only one trying to keep them from writing was the wolf at the door. Even during the early decades of this century, a young William Faulkner could learn his trade unheralded and in peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perennial Promises Kept | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

Ironically, the movie's most poignant moments center around the older Stetsons (Brian Dennehy and Elizabeth Ashley). Both Dennehy and Ashley are superb as parents caught completely offguard by their son's defection to a world of make believe. They cling together as they try to retain their grip on their own values which Danny's indoctrination into Homeland has shaken. Should they feel responsible for failing to provide their son with an idealistic, equitable world? Should Danny blame them for his vulnerability to the hypnotic world of the cults...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Cult-ivation | 10/15/1982 | See Source »

Despite the pressure, back Jeane Pjerwak, Kelly Gately, and Debbie Field did an excellent job containing the Eagle strikers and Judge was also outstanding in the net, making one superb save after another...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Booters Knot Eagles 4-4 in Overtime; Collision Forces Judge to Leave Game | 10/13/1982 | See Source »

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