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...film is set in eighteenth century Scotland, a time, a rolling script informs us, of great hardship for the Scots. In an age of corruption and despair, Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) upholds the ancient clannish honor. Supported by his bonny red-haired wife Mary (Jessica Lange) and a host of loyal MacGregors, Rob Roy matches wits and brawn with the dastardly Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth), bewigged defiler (and then some) of the MacGregor name...

Author: By Natasha Wimmer, | Title: Neeson's Highlands Fall Romantically Flat | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

...high heel goes way, way back. Sixteenth-century Turkey witnessed the birth of the stiletto heel's earliest ancestor, the chopine, a wooden clog that could reach stilt height. Later, a more narrowly heeled shoe for women emerged during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. And in the eighteenth century, the French began their fashion influence with lovely decorated leather or silk shoes on high heels set under the arch of the foot...

Author: By Sharon C. Yang, | Title: De Agony of De Feet | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

...press release, The Princeton Review alleged that it "has won an eighteenth-month legal battle with Stanley Kaplan," asserting that Princeton Review "can claim higher average test score improvements for students taking its SAT [and MCAT] courses...

Author: By Rachel C. Telegen, | Title: SAT Prep Courses Fight | 3/7/1995 | See Source »

...Championship game, B.U. destroyed B.C., 5-1, for its eighteenth Beanpot Trophy. NORTHEASTERN, 4-2 at Boston Garden Harvard 0 2 0 --2 Northeastern...

Author: By David S. Griffel, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Fall to Northeastern; 0-2 in Beanpot | 2/14/1995 | See Source »

...made the tournament, qualifying in the eighteenth game of the season, but we didn't get very far. We were matched--overmatched--against an impressive Salem team that featured All-American Eric Brunson. Brunson, Temple-bound, poured in 37 points that night...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Memories of a High School Basketball Power | 12/16/1994 | See Source »

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