Word: duel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cupp pitched the second game, a pitcher's duel in every sense of the phrase. She had the misfortune of allowing no runs on just four hits in eight innings--striking out ten--but not getting...
Despite the continued strong play of Arnold and Tseng, Harvard was clearly outmatched, dropping four straight-setters to fall 5-2. Particularly telling was the result of the anticipated duel between the nation's 19th and 20th ranked players, Blake and Pepperdine's Simon Aspelin, which ended up in a 6-1, 6-4 romp by Aspelin...
Unfortunately, when Micaela returns to bring her lost love word that he must see his dying mother, Escamillo appears as well and engages in a duel with the furious Don Jose. The fight is broken up by Carmen, who declares that she now loves Escamillo. After returning from seeing his mother, Don Jose begs Carmen to come back to him. She spurns him, and he stabs her to death in a mad rage...
...reviewer's assertion--in no way was the pacing of the wampa scene changed (the musical score and cuing, for example, remain identical). Mr. Cavell did miss the one instance in which the re-release altered the original pacing: Vader's leaving in his shuttle after his duel with Luke, but once again there was little or no CG here; rather, the (offending) scenes included footage removed from Return of the Jedi...
...also the most inconsistent: it drags during the second half. It does not have the constant, wild action of Star Wars or the ultimate triumph of Return of the Jedi, but it does feature a memorable invasion (of the Imperial Walkers attacking the rebel base on Hoth) and the duel that probably remains most beloved in the public imagination (between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker). The Empire Strikes Back is probably the most important of the films for the Star Wars enthusiast (largely because of what it reveals of the world in which the saga takes place) and the least...