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Mystery writers are especially prone to follow an exceptional early work with loads of lesser stories. Ellery Queen's later books, or, more recently, the sorry sequels Gregory Mcdonald wrote for Fletch, show writers struggling to regain the spark they had the first time around...

Author: By Jess Brever, | Title: Eco's Sequel Effective But Condescending | 2/26/1985 | See Source »

...sung by an all East European cast. The Freischutz production further suffered from Joachim Herz's relentlessly proletarian staging. The first great German romantic opera and a major influence on Wagner, Freischutz is the story of a forester, Max, who almost falls into the devil's clutches trying to regain his lost marksmanship and win the hand of his beloved Agathe. In Herz's hands, though, Weber's tuneful, folkish fable became an undisguised metaphor of the new social order in the farmers' and workers' state. He illustrated the class struggle, for example, by having the villagers manhandle Prince Ottokar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rebirth in Dresden | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

Sean Doyle then pounded the outside, enabling Harvard to regain its composure and take the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spikers Outclass B.C., Snag Easy 3-0 Victory | 2/22/1985 | See Source »

Harvard couldn't regain its concentration and was soon losing the fourth game as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spikers Rebound, Beat MIT, 3-2, Club Match Builds Confidence | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...Captain Toney lined two shots past Kimmel, the second a shorthanded goal on a breakaway, to regain the six-goal margin...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Harvard Falls to Northeastern, 8-2 In Women's Beanpot Opener | 2/6/1985 | See Source »

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