Word: crescendoed
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...being carried on a pillow by a slave when he was two years old; on his deathbed, the last face he saw was that of the slave who attended him in his final hour. The interest in Jefferson's racial views, long the subject of scrutiny, has reached a crescendo in our time. As Americans attempt to build a more egalitarian, multiracial future, we crave a better understanding of what the man credited with most eloquently expressing the American creed felt about race. What did Jefferson think about black people? How does his relationship with Sally Hemings complete our picture...
...week after the crescendo of a season that never ends, the captains of the Crimson Dance Team lounge together in their Lowell common room, casually and clearly at home...
While Doyle didn’t slip, Howard’s stellar play built to a deafening crescendo in the Hockey East semifinal, when he blanked Boston University, streaking following its series upset over...
...successful run at the Grand Palais in Paris, is one of the largest exhibitions ever mounted of those wild, influential canvases and carvings. Beautifully organized by George T.M. Shackelford of the Boston MFA and Claire Freches-Thory of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, it reaches a wide-screen crescendo with the Boston MFA's great canvas Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, Gauguin's wall-length summation of his personal universe...
...Crimson outscored Yale in the second period, 2-1, and its effort grew into a crescendo during the final stanza as Harvard assembled the biggest third-period comeback of the Mark Mazzoleni era. The Crimson put a season-high 58 shots on goal, the most since it had 68 against Brown in the 2002 ECAC playoffs—and that game lasted two overtimes...