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...face to better effect as Cotchipee's wimpy-yet-enlightened son. As these two and others draw Purlie into more and more awkward predicaments, one realizes LaVergne's repertoire of emotions is limited to a few gestures--a frown and shake of the head for disappointment, and a recurrent toss of the shoulders to suggest the determined faith that is ostensibly Purlie's defining characteristic...
Realism first entered the world of dolls when spitting up and wetting became optional features. One toymaker has carried it a bit farther this year, though, with a doll (ostensibly designed for children) that "talks" when you toss it around...
...fast. Back in Macedon, where men are men and some women are too, an athletic teen-ager named Eurydike is practicing her javelin toss and dreaming of asserting a claim to the throne. Eurydike is the granddaughter of Philip II; her grandmother was an Illyrian warrior whom Philip wed to seal a peace treaty. Renault handles the matter discreetly: "The lady would not have been his choice for her own sake; she was comely, but he had trouble remembering which sex he was in bed with...
...what price? What has become of the sweet voice that made its owner the most affecting Rodolfo of his generation in Puccini's La Bohemel What has befallen the technique that allowed Pavarotti to toss off the famous nine high Cs in an aria from Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment with the effortless abandon that marks only the greatest tenors? What has happened to the suave phrasing and sure sense of style, which made his recording of Nessun dorma from Turandot an example to musicians everywhere? Have Pavarotti's duties as operatic emissary to the world...
...windy Franklin-Field. Dartmouth seized a 17-0 halftime lead on a Tim Geibel 35-yd, field goal and 11-and three-yard scores by Sean Maher and Rich Lena. Penn lit the scoreboard in the third quarter on a five-yard toss from Quaker quarterback Doug Marzonie to streaker Karl Heil...