Word: seemed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thoreau is, of course, the play's focus, and all the other characters seem to exist merely as his foils. Emerson (Elijah Siegler) is portrayed as a well-meaning, pontificating old man who is, at the end, rather pathetic because he does nothing to act on the ideals that he inspires in Thoreau. Other characters such as Thoreau's brother (David Javerbaum) who shares and makes corporeal Thoreau's ideals, and the man from the school committee (Ted Caplow) who attacks Thoreau for not sticking to the established texts, are also well portrayed...
...play is slickly produced, with the music--a flute and a drum--well integrated into the performance. The production does a good job of evoking an aura of the surreal, except when it tries too hard and overdoes it during the dream sequence, making the scene seem cliched...
From the way they talk, it would seem the law students really do identify with these TV attorneys--a couple of years ago, the Law School Forum even invited cast members to speak at the school. (Unfortunately for the students, they were forced to forego their plans when the actors and actresses wanted first-class tickets to Boston...
...farmers kill the bears, we would rather have sportsmen utilize the resource." You get used to blood- sport bureaucratese; "utilize,"or "harvest," is what you do when you get something fuzzy and four-footed in your sights. As in most states, New Hampshire's fish and game policies often seem to be caught in a time warp, perhaps in the decade of the 1820s, when subsistence hunting was an important food source for most families. Bears, these days, behave like large raccoons. They are smart, cute, hungry corn thieves and garbage raiders, happy in the suburbs and virtually harmless. Last...
...parents decide if delaying kindergarten is right for their child? Psychologist Dlugokinski raises these questions: Is the child well-enough coordinated to hold pencils properly? Is he or she impulsive or shy about playing with others? Was he or she slow to walk or talk? Does the child seem fearful about leaving home? If any answer is yes, the youngster may be a potential redshirt...