Word: 16th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...theatrical question of the moment: Why Martin Guerre? The tale is flimsy, even for a true legend from 16th century France. A young man deserts his wife and is not heard from for several years; a man returns and becomes a loving husband; this man may not be the real Martin Guerre. That's the story that has inspired an opera, two hit movies (the French The Return of Martin Guerre in 1982 and the U.S. Sommersby in 1993) and a trio of Broadway-style musicals. The biggest of these is the $5.7 million production, from the creators...
Branson grew up comfortably in a 16th century farmhouse in a Surrey village of Merchant-Ivory Englishness, son of a happy, well-connected family. His father Ted carries on the family tradition as a lawyer. His mother, a former dancer and airline stewardess, gets credit for bending the twig. "She wouldn't let us just watch television. She would say, 'Be a doer!'" With second wife Joan and their two children, Branson manages a vaguely normal life-style. The children are not sent away to school; Joan does the cooking; the obligatory nanny is her niece. Weekends are spent...
...recent annual survey of the best places to live in the United States confirmed this view of my hometown--for the most part. San Diego ranked 16th, markedly up from last year. Its weather rating, as it always...
...NCAAs, the team placed 16th, after qualifying in six events, two of them relays. Sophomore Brian Younger raced in the 500-yard and 1,650-yard freestyle, coming in sixth and eighth, respectively. Sophomore Eric Matuszak came in fifth in the 200-yard freestyle, while three freestyle relay squads (200, 400 and 800 yards) came in 13th, 12th and 11th, respectively...
...weeks later, Harvard won the ECAC Northern New England Qualifier, as co-captain Joel Radtke--the Crimson's most consistent golfer--placed first with a 71 at the Hickory Hill Golf Club. Choo tied for fifth, firing a 74 on the afternoon, while sophomore Alex Gonzalez tied for 16th with...