Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bloodless and pseudoscientific historiography that the author repeatedly feels a need to apologize for what he somewhat disingenuously calls a "mischievously old-fashioned piece of storytelling." If Schama's portrait of the revolution is often surprising in its closeup details, however, it is no less so in coloring the background imagery of the French society being overturned...
...barges in on his negotiations with Sol, (John Byrd) the effete producer. Austin's worst fears are confirmed, as Lee quickly wins Sol's friendship with good-natured masculine bombast. By the end of the scene, the brothers' mutual jealously has surfaced, and Weintrob has hidden Austin in the background, where his consternation is initially barely noticeable but soon becomes a focus of attention. Lee, however, has established himself as the "man of the house...
...second-act apologies to Connell. Eliza Clark, who plays the brothers' mother, makes her inevitable appearance late in the second act. Her deadpan senility (She has come from Alaska to the oppressive Midwestern heat without removing her winter coat) is difficult to accept, but she wisely remains in the background during the fascinating resolution of the brothers' conflict...
...Duke committee selects speakers who have "something to say in the contemporary scene" and "who can say it well," Wilder said. Gould, who will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from Duke, will be the second honoree in 20 years whose background lies in science, Wilder said...
...Remember, however weak your own background, the students know even less," the memo stated. " 'That sounds like a good paper topic' is a good answer to questions raised on more specific/detailed points that you don't or can't get into and one you can use repeatedly to humorous effect...