Word: blur
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Second Coming. On the court, DiGregorio was a whirling, twisting blur as he peppered teammates with lightning passes from behind his back and under his legs. Pro scouts predicted that Ernie D. could be the second coming of Bob Cousy, the small, flashy guard of the championship Boston Celtics a dozen years ago. Ernie D. himself had no doubts that he could be just that. "I can do it," he predicted brashly. "I'm not impressed by size or reputations. Those big guys are only human like...
...pitch." Background noise can be simulated by playing a second tape behind the voice tape. Thus, if in the original tapes, doors are slamming, buzzers buzzing, asthmatics wheezing or pipes clinking against ashtrays, all of these sounds can be perfectly duplicated. Such background noises can be used to blur over any foreign sounds caused during the editing of a tape. Says Goldberg: "This kind of masking covers a multitude of sins...
...finally, two dramatically different managers and strategies. Yogi Berra had won the National League pennant by patiently waiting for the return of injured regulars and then sticking with one lineup down the stretch. Dick Williams had shuffled his mustachioed A's in and out all season in a blur of gaudy green-and-gold uniforms...
...Tokyo Games, uses slow motion to record the 100-meter dash. Although it is fascinating to see some of the world's fastest humans running in place for a few minutes, it is finally frustrating not to see the essence of their thing, which is a blur. Arthur Penn has some extremely pretty pictures of pole vaulters slowly soaring, but when he cuts a lot of vaults together to form a sort of aerial ballet, we are inevitably reminded that Leni Riefenstahl did the same thing, using divers, 36 years ago. It is disappointing...
...high rise, the hallways smell of urine, and blasts of grafitti blur the walls. Chinks of light pinpoint holes in the apartment doors. Mailboxes have been ripped from the wall, probably by thieves looking for checks...