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... player who lost it will be derided for a clumsy oaf . Primarily a team game , baseball is also the game for the individualist . The team play is essential , and when you watch closely you can see it , but the focus is usu- ally on one ...
... player who lost it will be derided for a clumsy oaf . Primarily a team game , baseball is also the game for the individualist . The team play is essential , and when you watch closely you can see it , but the focus is usu- ally on one ...
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... play is extended beyond its specific setting to include all man- kind . O'Neill is saying something about a group's attitude toward anyone in its midst who is markedly different . How would you state his major theme ? What other themes ...
... play is extended beyond its specific setting to include all man- kind . O'Neill is saying something about a group's attitude toward anyone in its midst who is markedly different . How would you state his major theme ? What other themes ...
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... play . A few such experiences - and there are many simi- lar ones in Wilder's plays — are sure to keep you attentive to the playwright's world and his way of rendering it . - and courage . " I have known the most that the world can do ...
... play . A few such experiences - and there are many simi- lar ones in Wilder's plays — are sure to keep you attentive to the playwright's world and his way of rendering it . - and courage . " I have known the most that the world can do ...
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APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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