Word: tenderness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...duet for Ravenal and Magnolia in a scene that opens the second act, the song is here given instead to the carping old New England biddy Parthy, who croons it to her newborn grandchild. At a single stroke, Parthy is suddenly humanized, and we see in her the tender side that must have attracted her husband, the skipper Cap'n Andy, in the first place. As Parthy, Elaine Stritch is one of the production's great strengths. She has no voice to speak of at this stage in her career, but she can still put across a song because...
Kate Schutt, the Harvard goal-tender, reacts instantly, as she must since Canseco was so close to the box. Her stick rips through the air, with the oversized pouch crashing down towards the ball's destination...
...among the amputees and other casualties of war, in fact, the novel becomes a tender examination of fairness and forgiveness. The "Americans" come to seem as inscrutable as the Japanese, as clannish and as sparing with their feelings. And the divisions between the two are only intensified by their affinities: when the reticent descendants of samurai meet laconic Scandinavian fishermen, one form of silence glances off another...
Colin Graham's production, which will be telecast nationally over PBS on Oct. 17, is simple but handsome, relying on mirrors and projections to make its effects. Notable performances by the mostly American cast include Renee Fleming's poignant Tourvel, Mary Mills' tender Cecile (the 15-year-old girl "ruined" by Valmont's depredations) and Johanna Meier's stately Madame de Rosemonde, Valmont's doting aunt. In the pit, Scottish-born Donald Runnicles leads with authority...
...signature appears on all U.S. paper money issued during the Bush presidency, but Catalina Vasquez Villalpando wasn't much good at handling legal tender legally. In Washington this morning, a U.S. District judge sentenced the former Treasurer to four months in prison for evading taxes, obstructing justice and conspiring to hide outside income while in the post. Villalpando, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, was contrite and -- voice breaking -- begged in vain for community service instead of jail. BTW: Villalpando caused a stir at the GOP convention in '92 by calling Bill Clinton and current U.S. Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros...