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Shaffer

/ ˈʃæə /

noun

  1. Sir Peter. born 1926, British dramatist. His plays include The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973), Amadeus (1979), and The Gift of the Gorgon (1992)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Shaffer also won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay.

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Next up will be Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus,” which opened in 1979 and won the Tony for best play in 1981 with Ian McKellen winning lead actor honors.

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And then I’m suddenly there and I’m sitting next to Paul Shaffer and Jeff Ross, who apologized in advance for what he might say.

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Jennifer Shaffer, who retired last year as the executive officer of the Board of Parole Hearings, said the updated guidelines would follow the comprehensive risk assessments used in parole hearings by the board — whose commissioners include former wardens, correctional officers, criminologists and psychologists — to determine public safety risk.

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The governor’s changes could also help bridge a disparity gap between those who have committed similar crimes but received different sentences, Shaffer said.

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