Word: brief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really has the kids' attention is that Hawking did a guest spot last season on Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing a time-bending game of poker with his intellectual forebears, Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton. The cameo appearance won him almost as much popular recognition as A Brief History of Time, the 1988 best seller that spent 53 weeks on the New York Times list, sold an astounding 5.5 million copies worldwide and spawned an award-winning movie. Not bad for a volume that was, despite its billing as an easy read, nearly impossible to get through...
...place on a steamy July afternoon, in a poorly air-conditioned recreation center in Northern Virginia. Small children lounged on swings nearby, splashed in the pool, and pestered the women serving lemonade to political patrons. Several singers opened the meeting; various political figures and one political spouse followed with brief remarks...
Harvard's pre-eminence in course-offerings inevitably causes anxieties. Am I taking the course that is right for me? The greater the choice, it seems, the higher the anxiety. During the brief season of course-shopping, when so many choices have to be made, the anguish level reaches high noon, for students and teachers alike...
...John F. Rooney, who had joined the patrol, then pursued Kinros and Sprinkles along Mt. Auburn St. After a brief chase, Donahue arrested the latest culprits, who were also charged with larceny in excess...
Like many Harvard students, I have lost a loved one to cancer. My friend died bravely, with her passion for life undimmed. Her lover lent her his shoulder on moonlit "drags" around their hillside farm. He spent sleepless nights in a shared bed, massaging her into brief respites from excruciating pain. They--and all who loved this woman--shared not necrophilia, but its antithesis, a celebration of living that continued until she could live no more...