Word: tilled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...evil Don John, who is the cause of all the trouble, Michael McGuire is aptly sourfaced. At the play's end, when John is reported to have been captured in flight and brought back, Benedick says, "Think not on him till tomorrow." But director Gill brings John on stage at once to participate merrily in the concluding festive dance. This is a glaring mistake; John is not to be so readily forgiven, nor exempted from the "brave punishments" Benedick promises to devise...
There had to be a hitch, and there is. Although the parties will not start till after Nelms' death, Nelms wants to enjoy them too. So, for every party, he has arranged with a local funeral home to have his remains wheeled out in a big silver casket. They will stay at the party until the last guest has gone...
...even bigger and better idea: he is creating a $5,000,000 fund to provide huge public cocktail parties with free food and drink for anyone who wants to attend. By spending only the income Nelms can give several super swingers a year from now till the end of time. "This would be a real nice way to be remembered," he says...
Davis Grubb tells his fool story just right. The reader is not bitten by the wooden false teeth till page 172, too late for him to pretend that he knew they were lurking all the time in the sinister West Virginia underbrush...
...Alan saved Toucan face by knuckling ten straight hits to lead the Terribles to a 25-20 victory and their 13th consecutive championship. The battle done, Terribles and challengers alike repaired to the Inn, presumably to quaff nut-brown ale and pinch lusty tavern wenches till the cock did crow...