Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...work exemplifies Pushkin's golden rule that "precision and brevity are the prime qualities of prose." As a writer who could be economical without sacrificing impact, Babel compares favorably with Chekhov. Even Hemingway, one of the most ruthless wringers of prose, conceded that Babel could "clot the curds" better than he could...
Though he conceived, wrote, directed and stars in Marry Me, Marry Me, Berri knows better than to make his film a one-man show. The best performances, in fact, are given not by the youths but by their satiated elders who long ago seized life by the throat-only to find that they had killed it. The best of a talented troupe is Isabelle's much older sister, Marthe (Regine), a doughy redhead who believes that sex appeal, like flour, is measured by the pound. As Isabelle's hag-ridden father, Gregoire Asian can convey more with...
NINTH--STRATO KING has raced well against better...
...other race. In the Rumson Handicap at Monmouth against some of the classier New York sprinters the animal gave up against class horses, knowing that it had been overmatched. Never better than fifth the entire race, the horse finished sixth, thirteen lengths in arrears. The loss was not the jockey's fault as the comment was--"well placed, tired." Last week the horse won by twelve lengths against a dismal Rockingham Park field. This Saturday Coup Landing faces another lackluster array of local talent with the exception of the Eddie Anspach trained Red's Copy who would show a touch...
SIXTH--SEA NAIL was running against better fro bigger purses in New York...