Word: spoiling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nevertheless, the blackened plywood does spoil the effect of disguising the building amidst its surroundings. All Hancock can do now is wait until September 1974, when all the new single-paned reflective windows are installed, to see whether the effect will still be the same...
...rest of the Yale squad tagged along behind Gallagher's no-hit hurling to spoil a fine pitching effort by newly elected captain Mike O'Malley, and eke out a 2-1 victory in the first game of a double-header. The Crimson nine stormed back with a vengeance, however, in the second encounter with an 11-hit, 8-run barrage and strong pitching from junior Jim Harrell to take the nightcap...
That is a considerable distance for an off-Broadway musical to travel without even having had an official opening. But Producer Phil Oesterman and Lyricist-Composer Earl Wilson Jr., the gossip columnist's 31-year-old son, reason that a few stuffy reviews could only spoil their astonishing success with Let My People Come, a mostly nude review that began performances last January. So far, almost all reviewers have respected their wishes and stayed away...
...CRITIC has to be a bit wary of these Tom Stoppard plays, since one of them puts a couple of critics right on stage and then draws them into the play. After that, some bad things--whose closer description might spoil Stoppard's beautifully elaborate plot--happen to them, so this critic at least is keeping one eye over his shoulder as he writes. I certainly have nothing against Tom Stoppards, who is the most original, witty and maybe even profound playwright to emerge in English for a decade. But I think he may have something against critics in general...
...business), and in which an actor famous for portraying death-camp officers is feted, as a joke, of course, by the University of Heidelberg humor magazine. "The old celluloid hero had his bluff called by the raucous students, and he took it like a man. Except for a few spoil sports, a good time was had by all." Undoubtedly there will be efficient means for dealing with spoil sports...