Word: brightening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, it took them long enough, but here they come. All the old friends and some favorite enimies have returned to brighten up this unhappy spring. There's Luke Skywalker, that gee whiz kid from Tatooine, and there's Princess Leia, that cosmic mankiller. There are Han Solo and his furry 8-ft. friend Chewbacca trying to get their beat-up old tub, the Millennium Falcon, to make the jump into hyperspace. And back, of course, are the Laurel and Hardy of the robot set, Artoo Detoo...
Fourth-slotter Abby Meiselman continued to brighten the Crimson hopes for the Ivy tournamens by pounding Nancy Stroker in a convincing display of her ability. Meiselman edged out a 6-3 first set win and followed that with a 6-0 massacre...
...future of nuclear power may brighten...
...steel mill, a pulp and paper mill, or a nuts and bolts factory sharpen perspective and brighten the bankroll. "It brought me in closer touch with the proletariat and at the same time made me wealthy," said one sophomore who worked at a factory last year and managed to reconcile theory and praxis...