Word: dead
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reassimilation of nutrients into the tree begins," Einset says. The leaves begin breaking down, and the nutrients contained in them are absorbed into the bark of the tree. So, the leave fall off and shrivel to crispy, brown leaf corpses. And all over Vermont, people begin burning pile of dead leaves in their front and back yards...
...Night on Bald Mountain. The most impressive moment of the evening occured just before the musical climax of the piece--the music just stopped, like the blade of a guillotine. The dancers paused for a moment, waiting for--the beat! Congas! Big band style, Gene Krupka back from the dead...
Shattuck also said that Bennett's view thatHarvard is one of the least tolerant universitiesfor conservative viewpoints is "dead wrong...
...year foreman's job to go back to the cruel toil of grading and finishing cement. "It's worth it," he says. "I want Vinny to * win the Heisman more than he wants to win it; I admit that. If he wins it today, and I drop dead tomorrow, I'm happy...
...table book, but they capture well the Ring's mythic atmosphere. Schenk's direction emphasizes the physical as well as physiological aspects of the Ring (all the characters are related either by blood or marriage): enemies grapple violently, lovers couple passionately, and Wotan embraces two of his children -- the dead Siegmund, the sleeping Brunnhilde -- tenderly and sorrowfully...