Word: rainey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...1920s black vaudeville," the show is a kind of nostalgic tribute to black performers who toured the pre-Depression South on the T.O.B.A. (Theater Owners Booking Agency) circuit. Fortunately, there is precious little vaudeville in One Mo' Time!and no imitations of greats like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Sweet Mama Stringbean, who made their early fame on the circuit. The setting is New Orleans' Lyric Theater. A backstage dressing-room drama, replete with the trials and tribulations of show biz and some seething personal rivalries, constitutes the subplot picture frame for the evening...
...reference to "Polluted Portfolios'' [Aug. 11], it is true that since 1940 the National Audubon Society has leased land within its Rainey Wildlife Refuge in coastal Louisiana for natural-gas and oil production. We have insisted on meticulous performance by the oil companies, and we have had no spills. The experience has given us enormous advantage in pushing for protective regulations elsewhere. The oil industry or an oily Government cannot brush us off as impractical do-gooders. We know what we are talking about...
...National Audubon Society has leased out gas and oil rights on its hitherto pristine Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary in Louisiana. Washington, D.C., Attorney H. David Rosenbloom, an expert on the social aspects of investments, drew the obvious moral: "If your investments are operating to the detriment of the things for which you stand, there's a question as to how much good you're doing...
...heat on in the final stanza, forcing Jim Murray to save 19. But only two shots got by the sophomore netminder, and the Crimson offense took care of the rest as Jim McMahon, Leigh Hogan and Bolduc each beat Brian Rainey, who replaced Steve Kelleher in the second period...
...Rainey's two most recent contests were against Brown and Yale. Suddenly his average slipped to 4.03, and he found himself on the bench. Bertrand has replaced him with junior Steve Kelleher, the top freshman goalie two years ago. Kelleher has played in the Big Red's last two games against Colgate and Boston College, allowing six goals for an average this season of 3.14 in seven and one-half periods...