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...OTHER CHARACTERIZATIONS are competent, but not as strong. Terry Knickerbocker as Senex, Hero's lecherous father, delivers his lines in a gutteral huff, and his singing is so stiff as to be wooden. Diane Nabatoff as Domina, his wife, does a generally good job, but is hampered because she and Knickerbocker never seem to develop the right rapport. Jim Pullam brings only braggadocio to his characterization of Miles Gloriosus; it's a tough role to sing, but Pullam can't quite hit the bass notes...
...groups-many Government employees, for example, will not like his Government reorganization plans-Carter may have to compromise. He often finds that hard. As Governor, when his programs ran into trouble with the legislature, he end-ran his opponents by making televised appeals for public support. If he hits stiff opposition in Congress, he promises to take much the same approach...
Comfort suggests ornery behavior with doctors too, particularly if they imply that old people are supposed to be sick. "Remember the man of 104 who, when he complained of a stiff knee, was told, 'After all you can't expect to be agile,' and replied, 'My left knee's 104, too, and that doesn't hurt...
...Ford closed the gap, it is possible that the public's perception of the two candidates shifted. In the final days, Ford seemed stiff and contentious, not at all matching the easygoing "good Joe" image he had tried to project...
...points out that he reduced property taxes five times during his eight years as mayor of Indianapolis and left office this year with a surplus of $4.5 million. Lately, Lugar, who has a stiff campaign manner, has loosened up his style, shedding his conservative business suits for bright blazers and white loafers. He has run into some flak from Common Cause for his acceptance of $10,000 in contributions from the A.M.A., twice the amount allowed one contributor by law. He claims it was legal. However, with a $500,000 budget, thousands of precinct workers, and an aura...