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Fordham took possession and, after gaining only two yards on its first three plays, found itself facing a fourth-and-8. With uncommon poise, however, Georgia stepped up and fired a 15-yard completion to McDermott to the Harvard 19 to keep the drive alive...
Such protestations of fairness were not uncommon in the turn of the century press, but Adolph Ochs actually believed what he wrote. Within 25 years, his paper dominated the New York City market and grossed more than $100 million. Now, as another century turns, the Times is the best newspaper in the world, with annual corporate revenues of $2.9 billion. The descendants of Ochs still control the company, and they are no longer worried about financial failure...
...Uncommon Women and Others" by Wendy Wasserstein...
...PREMISE: Get out your bellbottoms and bongs--these two plays appearing side by side will take you back the '60s where they examine college life from male and female perspective. Uncommon focuses on eight college friends at Mount Holyoke bonding through the travails of the feminist revolution with wit and warmth. Moonchildren breaks on through to the other side with the male student perspective as it features men wrestling with issues surrounding the Vietnam War and the mysterious disappearance of bottles of milk...
...WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The very savvy script packed with unique characters. The characters in Uncommon Women and Others range from the preppy chick trying to snag a Harvard man to the firebrand who wants to taste her own menstrual blood. And who can pass up a well-written portrayal of male bonding...