Word: depths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that he was equally upset. Pike was, however, pleased with the play of Dave Fasi, Adam Button, Steve Munatones, and goalie Brian Graham. He thought the game, for all its distractions, was no real indication of the teams' relative strengths, except that Brown showed that it does have more depth than the Crimson. He added, "After we took a shot their guards would break for our goal and if the shot was blocked they would be in great position. Twice on defensive counter, attacks we picked up the totally wrong man. Refs didn't do that...
...impression of architectural form-a window or a door, a passage from inside to outside. A painting like Summer Open with Mediterranean Blue, 1974, creates a strikingly concise yet opulent impression of landscape by these pared means. The passages of tone in the paint, the variations of blue depth, drench the eye in sea light without offering a glimpse of horizon; it is as though a part of nature had been taken down to its barest essence-discarding the thing but leaving the nuances-and then contrasted with an equally reduced emblem of culture: three lines, the platonic ghost...
...major problem facing the Crimson this weekend will be its depth, which has been suspect all season. Brown, enjoying the fruits of its greatest recruiting year, has a stacked bench, even despite heavy graduation losses and an injury to 6'5" David Todhunter, who will be unable to play for several more weeks...
While his friends play politics, Plarr for some reason plays the gigolo; he begins an affair with Fortnum's wife (Elpidia Carrillo), an unusual Indian girl who first caught his eye when he saw her working in the town brothel. The uncharacteristic obsession doesn't add much depth to Plarr, who seems as reluctant and detached from this involvement as from all the others...
...characters by sophisticated understatement. While Brill experiences travesties of monumental impact, he internalizes much of his anguish, ironically heightening its impact on the reader. More important, Brill's determination to carry out what he regards as his mission in the face of these obstacles endows him with a necessary depth of character. The resulting intensity of the novel surfaces in language so rich with imagery and metaphor that parts of it read like verse...