Word: duel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When his contest with Garga is nearly over, Shlink realizes the extent of his solitude: "Man's infinite isolation makes even enmity an unattainable goal." He finds human existence too insular to allow even the satisfaction of hostility toward another person. As Garga tells Shlink when he quits their duel, "It's not important to be the stronger, but only the living...
Together O'Toole and Burton galvanize the early scenes, making their acting duo an acting duel as they race through court and countryside flushing wild boars and wenches. Henry appropriates a peasant's daughter he finds trembling in a hut. "Shall we take her with us, or shall we have her sent?" he quips, in an anachronism that leaps centuries, but does not vitiate the pungent give-and-take of character...
...starter's flag had barely fluttered when the duel began...
...were not totally discouraging, however. Romer Holl (number two), playing for the Crimson for the first time after a three-year leave of absence won in the Crimson's first match (a 4-1 victory over a Canadian team), and almost made a fantastic comeback against Emmett in the duel with Washington...
...high jump lived up to its billing as a tight duel between Crimson sophomore Chris Pardee and Crusader Kevin O'Brien, who captured the event in the AAU Championships. Pardee brushed over the bar at 6 ft., 7 in., and O'Brien who had just cleared 6 ft., 6 in., missed in his three tries at that height...