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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That's right. For the price of a bursar's card (about $7000 these days) you can walk to the IAB, climb three floors to the gymnasium, and relive those glory days of high school, wondering why Frank McLaughlin never offered you a nocut contract with the varsity hoop squad...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Hooping It Up at the IAB | 3/14/1978 | See Source »

Likewise, just as act two begins to drag, it is saved by Josh Kratka's walk-on as M. Purgon, Argan's doctor. Looking and acting like Dr. Frankenstein, Kratka devastated the audience while cursing Argan for refusing an enema. With his slapstick antics he stole the scene (and very possibly the show) from everyone...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: 'Invalid' Alive and Fairly Well | 3/14/1978 | See Source »

...easier show to handle than most. But Shaffer's intricate cat-and-mouse thriller requires visual flamboyance, as its two adversaries wind about each other, the tension mounting as the roles of cat and mouse are juggled and exchanged. Garry's blocking is too straightforward: get up, sit down, walk up the stairs, pace a little. There is a bit of original stage business involving some darts at the beginning of the play, but I honestly can't recall any after that...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: Dime-Store Detectives | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...U.M.W. toughs, B&M Owner Paul Teegarden kept a 9-mm Smith & Wesson automatic pistol on his desk and a 12-gauge shotgun on the wall. Said Teegarden, who lived in his office from the beginning of the strike: "If they come again they won't walk away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: That's What Guns Are For | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...often sinks out of sight. To get rid of incompetents, managers steer them to what are called "turkey farms," offices where nothing much is required and little damage can be done. The bureaucracy is studded with these farms, which a HUD analyst claims can be spotted on sight. "Just walk down the halls," he says. "You'll see lots of zombies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Battle over Bureaucracy | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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