Word: abound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICES (UHS) is the subject of constant student complaints. Stories of long lines, misdiagnosis, and poor treatment abound. These gripes are generally the murmurings of the dissatisfied and the indisposed, who find that institutionalized medical care can't match the standards established by Mom, Dad and the genial family doctor...
...George drivers all have a lot of what one fan calls "walkin'- around sense." They don't much care what the book says or how Detroit would do it. But homemade fixes abound. A visitor to the pits may notice a mechanic sprinkling baby powder on a manifold gasket to keep it from sticking next time the engine is taken apart. The makeshift caps some crews use to keep debris out of the headers may also look familiar: they're soda cans sawed in half. Finally, a newcomer will be appalled to see Garlits flip a lighted match into...
Similar bijoux abound in Simon's books about England and, of all places, the Bronx. The northernmost borough of New York City was the setting for the author's childhood, recounted with striking imagery and emotional precision in Bronx Primitive (1982). It too is a sort of travel book. A four-year-old Kate and her rachitic younger brother are transported thousands of miles from Poland to the U.S. at the end of World War I. The girl discovers the American air to be full of strange odors and foreign languages, especially English. She is part of a typical "Jewish...
...they're off. Destinies will clash. Conflicts, romances, and plot-torturing absurdities will abound...
Kudos for this surprising success abound. Michele Fitzsimmons is clearly an effective director. The show, with few exceptions, flows smoothly from scene to scene, and many jokes which could have gone unnoticed were accentuated by actors' use of voice inflection or body language. Also expert are the choreographers: Diane Mullen, Ellen Fern, and Dana Smetherman. They've turned an unusually small stage into an adequate forum for elaborate song and dance...