Word: dust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Academy also spurned a movie that was at least as good as most of the nominees and left the others in the tinseled dust--John Huston's The Dead. This exclusion is utterly perplexing since there is almost invariably one bid for sympathy. After giving Oscars to Henry Fonda and Paul Newman more for distinguished careers than for dubious performances in their nominated roles, and after honoring Marlee Matlin with the best of intentions for what was an adequate performance, John Huston would seem to be an irresistible choice. A posthumous award to a beloved director directing his daughter seems...
...Farfetched? With just 185 committed delegates selected by this week, it might seem implausible that insiders are already concocting deadlock scenarios. But the delegate arithmetic is as compelling as it is complex. Dust off the pocket calculator and hang on for the next two paragraphs. The climb may be a bit arduous, but the panoramic view of Democratic disarray is worth it. Remember, the goal is to win a 2,081-delegate majority...
...supposed to analyze light that has passed through the telescope, pick out energy in the deep red frequencies coming from the galaxy, and display it on a television screen in symbols that may help the Riekes understand what is going on out there. Deep red light passes through galactic dust more easily than most other colors, and the Riekes are hoping to use the telescope and the spectrograph to penetrate the dust obscuring what they believe is a nursery of new stars. Explains Marcia Rieke: "This galaxy has made a whole lot of new stars, and very recently." Furthermore...
...dust has settled and once again, the voters of Iowa have made their mark on American history...
February 3, 1982: The setting was the same, but the script--a bit cliche by this time perhaps--had been changed dramatically, the Cinderella story left on a shelf to gather dust until the time again was right...