Word: superbness
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...third period saw superb goaltending at both ends of the ice. Dartmouth's Sollows (31 saves) and Petro (20 saves) sparkled as they repulsed shots of every sort. For Petro it was just another fine performance; for Sollows, probably the game of his life...
...WILLIAMS the playwright errs, Williams the actor compensates for his failings. He is superb. His exquisitely nuanced expressions, as well as the ventriloquistic ease with which he mimics the voices of Thomas's friends and family, are spellbinding even when the material itself is not. In the overly long first act, Williams sketches, among others, the portraits of Cousin Gwilym, who writes love poetry to Jehovah, and Thomas's young friend Dan, who authored seven historical novels before the age of 12. ("Just early stuff," he remarks modestly...
...characters are not presented as uniformly sympathetic, though the actors are all superb. Marguerite, who runs the organic farm, is dressed always in black, witch-like, and her care for the farm is stronger than her love for the others Mathilde, an earthmother figure, is a little shallow she massages away others' worries but never quite interacts with them. But for the most part, they are wonderfully human, and their idiosyncrasies become strangely endearing. Perhaps the nicest character is that of Marie, a tousled blonde supermarket checker who blithely undercharges anyone she feels has been cheated by the system...
Brown's choice as Defense Secretary pleased many bureaucrats at both the Pentagon and State Department. Some military men regard him as too "soft," but others see him as an effective administrator with a superb grasp of weapons systems. As one of his first official acts, Brown is expected-but not certain-to advise Carter to go ahead with production of at least some B-l bombers. Says a friend of Brown's: "He wants to maintain a strong defense, but without hatchet-waving histrionics." At the same time, Brown will push hard to break the current impasse...
William Wellman's wonderful original A Star Is Born (1937) and George Cukor's superb musical reworking (1954) both shared the same sure-shot story (written originally by Wellman and Robert Carson). Norman Maine, an actor at the apex of stardom and about to slide into an alcoholic decline, meets, loves and marries a young woman named Esther Blodgett, whose fame gradually surpasses his own. Less out of bitterness than from shame, Maine commits suicide by walking into the surf at Malibu...