Three months later, the scene had been pared to eleven minutes, and the Watchers, in an intermediate state of realization, resembled crusty SpongeBobs.
Now, with dot-com hysteria as deflated as a football sat upon by Tony Siragusa of the Baltimore Ravens, the roster of Internet marketers has been pared to three, all Super Bowl veterans: the E*Trade Group, Hotjobs.com and the Monster.com division of TMP Worldwide.
The story of Salome has been given many treatments, but the one offered at this festival, June 17-22, is a bit different: Oscar Wilde's version of the story, augmented with dance and music, has been pared to five characters, and all will be played by one actress.
Duke (31-4), led by the all-American guard Alana Beard, had won 22 consecutive games despite a roster that had been pared to eight players after Rometra Craig, the daughter of the former N.F.L. running back Roger Craig, and Crystal White transferred in December.
The line was originally going to have eight new models, but that number has since been pared to six; the five remaining devices are scheduled to debut in mid-summer.
Photo: Matthew Murphy The show has been pared to ninety minutes and reformatted for a cast of twelve--in place of the original eighty--who also serve as the orchestra, with the most actors toting instruments around stage we've seen since Once.
So the four agencies were pared to two, he added, which are being asked "to go into another round".
The lineup will probably feature Alex Rodriguez, and the current six-man rotation could be pared to five.
Each candidate will meet with the executive committee this month, and the list will be pared to three.
Baseball officials have requested that the Olympic tournament be pared to five days, so major league play could be halted only briefly, perhaps by expanding the All-Star break.
