Word: allenate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Halloween lets us off easy, but it should not be underestimated--it serves a real function. Not surprisingly, Edgar Allen Poe, the patron saint of Halloween, captured the spirit of this enigmatic holiday best in one of his early poems: "Thy soul shall find itself alone/'Mid dark thoughts of the gray tomb-stone." I hope you all had a good...
...talented Ang Lee has directed this film about uneasy family relationships in the restless, promiscuous culture of the 1970s with crystalline precision. As the leaders of two archly funny but disturbingly bleak suburban clans, Kevin Kline, Joan Allen and Sigourney Weaver give refreshingly honest performances, but the film's ending sadly offers their characters no hint of redemption. The ice storm in this film, as a natural symbol of change and the wiping away of sins, is like Noah's flood without the rainbow. --Erwin I. Rosinberg...
...Colonial Williamsburg, Jiang posed for photographs wearing the three-cornered hat of American colonial times and met actors portraying Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry. In a sudden change of plans, Gov. George F. Allen of Virginia decided to spend Tuesday morning campaigning for his successor and his wife attended a formal lunch for Jiang in his place...
...Addresses by TunHuo Lee, associate professor of virology at the School of Public Health, will be joined by Jamyang Norbu of Tibet; Guo Guo Li of China; Allen Keller of Physicians for Human Rights; Carl Williams of Amnesty International, and Phuntsok Dolma of Tibet, among others...
During this dreadful period in the academic year between taking our midterms and receiving our inevitable B-plusses, we at Dartboard will be glad to take in the much-needed Woody Allen double feature at the Science Center this coming Saturday night. For througout this past week of cramming, caffeine and furious paper-writing, Dartboard hasn't gotten its share of pure, cold neurosis...