Word: eighteens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...knowing more about his own squad and assessing its strengths and weaknesses. "The team probably won't be settled for a couple of more games," assistant coach Chris Wilmot said yesterday, "and all these guys are in contention, if not for the starting eleven at least for the eighteen man squad...
Officers armed with AR-15 rifles and sniper scopes now stand in towers above the exercise yards. Eighteen alleged leaders of the uprising are still held in an isolated cell block under "protective custody." A sense of tragedy is almost palpable in the dark hallways that spread like fingers through the prison. The gloom is accentuated by the wheezing and clicking of gates and locks...
...bizarre that the orderly, elegant old game could be at the center of such a ruckus. But then ruckus raising is Fischer's specialty. Four years ago, he withdrew from international competition, accusing the "lying, cheating Russians" of denying him the world title that was rightfully his. Eighteen months later he stormed right back, knocking off one grand master after another to win a crack at the crown in Reykjavík. Then, on the eve of the showdown, he went into hiding, began delivering ultimatums and kept tournament officials waiting and wondering if he would ever show...
Although entitled Julius Caesar, the play is not about Caesar but about Caesarism. Caesar himself appears in only three of the eighteen scenes (plus a brief apparition as a ghost). Bernard Kates plays him as a forceful man who seems much younger than his 55 years. It is hard to reconcile this Caesar with the one who, Cassius tells us, ran out of steam while swimming in the Tiber. Although Caesar has recently returned from military victories. I prefer a Caesar who is slightly over the hill, who is clearly showing signs of weakness (like the deal left...
...community efforts by contributing money and staff, has started whole new programs, and has begun to coordinate services throughout the area. The Center now serves as the administrative focus for the whole Cambridge-Somerville Area, coordinating a comprehensive array of services for emotionally disturbed and mentally retarded people in eighteen locations...