Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...show. But Eddy does not possess the polished energy needed to maintain two solid hours of high-flying farce. The part crys out for Jim Dale in a very special way. While certain parts have been stamped by the individuals who made them famous--Liza Minelli in Cabaret, Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, to name two--rarely is a part actually created for a specific stage personality. Jim Dale co-authored Scapino, and certain bits and lines seem to be there because he knew he could make them work. The task...
...your judgment that you will need congressional approval for your zero-base budgeting plan? [The system requires governmental units to start from zero and justify every penny they...
...There is no requirement that the Congress approve the President's procedure for evolving his own budget. By the way, the Congress is moving very rapidly toward a zero-based budgeting technique. Also the Sunset Law, which in effect causes every program to be reassessed for its efficacy every five years...
...pack mentality of campaign journalism, once some characteristic in a candidate is spotlighted-Carter's "fuzziness," Ford's fumbling-it is endlessly insisted on. In Playboy, Carter noted that local newsmen often asked him good questions on the issues, "but the traveling press have zero interest in any issue unless it's a mistake. What they're looking for is a 47-second argument between me and another candidate or something like that." Television coverage bears him out. Charles Mohr of the Times, one of the fairest of reporters, noted that Carter didn't seem...
...plotting and counter-plotting all the moves to freedom. His role is the centerpiece of the musical, and he adds direction and keeps the musical teetering somewhere out on the brink, where, of course, it is supposed to be. The trouble with doing Forum is that the shadow of Zero Mostel looms over this central part like a chicken hawk over the barnyard, ready to swoop down on young actors. Zax stacks up--he won't make anybody forget Mostel, but he will make a lot of people laugh...