Word: conquests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tale's drama and digestibility. But it also tends to turn marginal implausibilities most glaringly, the life led by the pivotal character. Nathan, played by Kevin Kline--into enigmas that strain the viewer's credibility. And the one scene that returns focus entirely to Stingo--a ludicrous unsuccessful sexual conquest--seems oddly out of place...
...know that the Soviet Union is in desperate shape internally and that it's suffering from acute international indigestion. It has taken big bites out of Afghanistan and other countries, but it hasn't been able to digest them. It's paying the cost of conquest in Poland, Cuba and Viet Nam. The system has been an abject failure at home and has no appeal abroad...
...pure anti-Semitism. The frequent and sometimes offhand mention of the Holocaust obscures how real, timely, and savage hatred for Jews can be. Hitler's genocide has become just another landmark event, and when someone mentions it, instead of gasping "The Horror!" we chronicle it with the Norman Conquest, the Reformation, and other distant historical happenings...
Princeton's 2-1 conquest of Dartmouth Saturday killed Harvard hopes of a shared Ivy title, as the Tigers closed out a 6-0 league season. The Crimson (4-1 in the Ivies) has clinched second place, so when Yale travels to Cambridge this weekend, Harvard's NCAA hopes will be the only thing on the line...
...NOTEBOOK: After Harvard's season-opening conquest of Providence. Mabrey expressed concern over her team's "big game"--the long passes and clearing drives that can turn a game around in a hurry...