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THE WEDNESDAY BOOK: Alan Ayckbourn proves he is a dramatist to be taken seriously The Crafty Art of Playmaking Alan Ayckbourn Faber & Faber, pounds 14.99
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THE ACCOLADE of Greatest Living British playwright is often given
to such titans as Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. Yet Sir Alan
Ayckbourn, who over 40 years has written more than 60 plays and
directed more than 200, is frequently dismissed as a boulevadier. How
come? Partly because of the prolific nature of his talent. Can anyone
who writes so much, sneer his detractors, really be any good?
Not only is Ayckbourn industrious; he's also conspicuously
successful. In Britain, he is now performed more often than
Shakespeare. But while, on the Continent, Ayckbourn is seen as a
savage critic of ...
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Kudos on Johnston's Army
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Kudos on the fine article about Johnston's Army (July 9). Having recently visited Tennessee...two-day key battle in the Civil War was that same Albert Sidney Johnston. He bled to death after being wounded in the leg...
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OBIT - JOHNSTON, JAMES LEE SR.
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; James Lee Johnston, Sr., 86, of Johnston Avenue in Pearisburg departed this life to be with...on February 13, 1921, he was a son of the late Albert Sidney and Elsie Marie Morris Johnston. "Jim" was a devoted Christian and member of...
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Early demise of South's `strongest pillar'.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...standing early in the Civil War - Albert Sidney Johnston. The seniority list placed Johnston...commission in the U.S. Army. When Johnston arrived in Richmond, Davis...that I had one, and that was Sidney Johnston." Davis made his friend commander...
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Studies from University of Florida reveal new findings on nerve injury.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; ...To determine whether General Albert Sidney Johnston's dueling wound and nerve...death (within minutes). Johnston's dueling injury was likely...their study in Neurosurgery (ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON'S SCIATIC DUELING INJURY...
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The catastrophe, a single shot at the Battle of Shiloh shattered the hopes of a new nation.(LOOKING BACK)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Magazine
; ...happen did happen ... the general was dead. General Albert Sidney Johnston, the second-highest-ranking general in the army...was looked upon as a better general than was Sidney Johnston, a Mexican War hero and friend of President Jefferson...
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Shiloh: First mass slaughter at 'place of peace'.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston concentrated at Corinth, Miss...of the initial clash reached Johnston, he ordered the Confederate...fighting, Confederate commander Albert Sidney Johnston had been killed when a bullet...
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A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865. (Book Reviews).
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History
; ...not like Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston. On the other hand, he is...s failures to Johnston and Johnston's successes to Beauregard...errors of fact. He states that Albert Sidney Johnston graduated from West Point in...
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A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History
; ...not like Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston. On the other hand, he is...s failures to Johnston and Johnston's successes to Beauregard...errors of fact. He states that Albert Sidney Johnston graduated from West Point in...
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Ocean Algae Bring Sea Change in Battle Dressings
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...officer spotted Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston wobbling in the saddle after...worked particularly well in Johnston's day for stopping the bleeding...killed many others besides Albert Sidney Johnston. It wasn't until 1537 that...
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Davis' early picks got command on both sides.(ARTS & CULTURE)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...the unit, Davis appointed Albert Sidney Johnston as colonel. Second in command...tendering their resignations were Johnston, Lee, Hardee, Van Dorn...against their former colonel, Albert Sidney Johnston, and former Maj. William...
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