Word: vies
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BREUER is directing a rehearsal for the American Repertory Theater production of Lulu. It is less than three hours before the audience will file in to view a preview performance. Floor-standing floodlights and mike cords vie with the actors for elbow room on the thrust stage, surrounded on three sides by technical staff who follow the action below like surgeons starting down on an operation from the balcony...
...clear contenders in the next four years are Edward Kennedy and Walter Mondale, although each talks vaguely and modestly of his future. "They'll both start running for '84," said one Carter aide, "and it will be great for party fund raising, because they'll vie to see who goes to more Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners." Both Kennedy and Mondale have built up substantial political IOUs this year. Mondale's dogged and solitary stumping around the nation for Carter has built him a large and loyal constituency within the party. The doubts about Mondale have always...
...vie," Lynda says as she departs, adding that it has always been her dream to become a French translator. "But you don't speak French," says Melvin. "I told you, it was only a dream," she replies, and in the sudden rush of ferocity that comes into her tone the truth of this film lies...
...tests will come early for this talent-laden squad. Defending Ivy champion Columbia rolls into Cambridge for an important league ontest September 20. Even with the loss of several key veterans, the Lions will vie for the crown. Following the Columbia match, the booters must face UMass and nationally-ranked UConn in the first month of the season Realistically, there is not a team in the Ivies that the Crimson cannot beat...
...loss of quarterback Steve Reynolds to graduation may hinder the running backs. Bob Holly and Mark Lockenmeyer will vie for the starting role this year, and thought the offensive line has potential, it suffers from the loss of outstanding center Ted Sotir to graduation. The receiver corps was also depleted by commencement, so while Navarro has a few potent weapons, it remains to be seen whether the offense will jell as a unit...