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...course in 1:50:37; then, like the rest of us, he could do nothing but watch the scoreboard, as 55 other skiers, one by one, tried to eclipse his time. He had competed only against himself; the others were up against the clock. Athletes at their greatest can attain almost meditative states -- the so-called zone -- in which time slows down or seems suspended. We, however, bring them back to earth with our deadlines. Hardly had the majestic figure-skating pair Natalia Mishkutienok and Artur Dmitriev claimed their gold when they were being asked about the world championships...
...lovemaking is a fresh, sweetly hilarious exploration of familiar territory. And the girls' search for their runaway dad -- he turns out to be in produce, in Albany, and hopelessly inarticulate -- is both adorable and unsentimental. At a moment when many movies aspire to the former quality, very few attain the latter. This one does...
...three families intertwined by treachery and revenge. Warner Shook's staging vividly mixes ritual and realism. While Schenkkan is far better at incident than character, Charles Hallahan and Tuck Milligan enact just the sort of rogues whom descendants go on talking about. The plays strive for mythic power -- and attain it. W.A.H...
...felt that it is not just another college, but is a university with something definite to offer. Then too, I would like to go to the same college as my father. To be a "Harvard man" is an enviable distinction, and one that I sincerly [sic] hope I shall attain...
...laugh. To be president is an enviable distinction, one that I sincerly hope I shall attain...