Word: theater
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense that the abuse of the highest power undoes the king (the highest power manipulated by little knights, stupid and zealous). That one of the most beloved American Presidents should have found himself in danger of recapitulating the fates of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson is American political theater edging toward the Shakespearean...
During Ronald Reagan's intensive press-conference preparations, the tensest moment came on Thursday afternoon in the family theater of the White House. In the course of a two-hour practice session, Roman Popadiuk, a Foreign Service officer on loan to the press office, began boring in on Iranscam. The object was to make certain that Reagan would stay consistent, no matter how sharp the cross-examination. Popadiuk got so caught up in his role as a Sam Donaldson stand-in that Press Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater began to worry. "I thought we might all get kicked out," he said...
...result, porn theaters and other sex emporiums -- bookstores, peep shows and strip joints -- have fallen on hard times. Manhattan had 121 such outlets a decade ago. Now there are only 42 in all of New York City, and more are likely to close if the city moves ahead with its Times Square redevelopment. There are now about 350 porn theaters in the U.S., half the number of a decade ago. The remaining theaters have trouble getting new X- rated fare, since many, perhaps most, "dirty" films are now shot on videotape and cannot be projected clearly on theater screens...
...Theater...
...Harvard Square Theater...