Word: verbal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...That august group who stand fearlessly between Presidents and the press, caught in the onslaught of verbal crossfire-announcing, pronouncing, fending, defending ad infinitum, without fear or trepidation for their jobs, their future, and their reputation...
...remember being extremely uninterested I pointed out to my father in my very knowledgeable seven-year-old way that the game was senseless because every time the ball was hit, someone caught it. I also didn't care for the verbal abuse of the players I heard raining down around my ears...
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS in Latin America have not been ideal for the Reagan Administration. All of Washington's efforts against Nicaragua--from verbal reprimands to rumored invasions--have resulted in continued embarrassment for the State Department. And then Argentina--the nation the Administration has grown closest to in Latin America--launched an unprovoked invasion of Britain's Falkland Islands. Events, hope may have led us to believe, would succeed where liberal intellectuals, Democratic politicians and the the New York Times had failed. But Reagan and Company have managed to ignore reality as completely as they ignore criticism. In spite of everything...
This is a delightful play of verbal dexterity. As one character puts it. "You really are amusing when you are determined to be witty at all costs." But these are clearly the chosen few. Hell, if most preps were half this entertaining, we'd all be at Amherst...
...broader comic style, occasionally reminiscent of the Three Stooges. These two mug and grin at each other and, since the Fogg's courtyard leaves both stage and seating level, often draw the audience in on their jokes and jibes. At times their humor is more visual than verbal. Both exhibit the gestures of competent mines, and Mary Fedor's choreography proves their agile, almost acrobatic, skill as well. Nor does the rest of the cast father; from the acting remain continently strong from the major roles through the chorus...