Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although he won't admit it, one might say Wylie is serious about his skating. Out of love for the sport, he moved to Denver from Dallas during high school to be closer to Colorado trainers. And then when his coaches moved to Boston, Wylie started considering New England colleges. For a while, skating came first for the 21-year-old; he deferred admission for two years in order to train for competition...
Every autumn, the hills of Vermont turn into earth-toned peacocks, sporting a spectacular array of red, yellow and orange leaves. From afar, the hills look dappled, warm with a brown and purple and reddish hue. The closer you get, the more you see the outbursts of color...
...camped closer to the Prudential than to the ballpark, tossing backpacks on the grass and stretching out on a quilt...
...signing-on of Rex Harrison, who plays Grand Duke Cyril and with whom she co-starred on Broadway in 1983. "Rex's being involved helped change my mind," says Irving, who adds that the mini-series is more than a rehash of the 1956 movie: "This one is closer to the facts." If not necessarily the truth...
...that the basic balance of forces sustaining the country seems to have been abandoned by the American family, which is a naturally closer community and potentially a happier one. The consequences of excessive family freedom need not be as dramatic as in the Levin killing. Little murders are committed daily in homes where Mom and Dad sit planted in front of pieces of paper or The Cosby Show, while the children lie still as dolls on their beds and gaze at ceiling fixtures, like stations in a dream. See how free everybody is. The only things missing are the essentials...