Word: eighths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Miss Ellen," the eminent 89-year-old philanthropist, was the eighth. First was Italian stage actress Eleanora Duse, whose portrait ran on the July 30, 1923, issue. The cover story, a little over one column long (not unusual in those days), noted, "She preferred to make entrances unnoticed in the crowd, suddenly to step forward and carry the play away with the splendor of her fervor...
...able to bring my seven-year-old cousin Henry, with his awe-filled eyes, to the clinching game of the World Series triumph over the Braves, the heroes stood taller than Paul Bunyan again. When Jim Leyritz, savior of the '96 series, came to bat in the eighth inning, Henry clasped his hands together in prayer and asked the sky "Can he hit another home run?" As the ball sailed over the left center field fence, Henry knew there were deities of the baseball diamond, and that they understood fate...
...they are pretentious. Yes, they have undergone almost as many cast changes as Menudo. Nevertheless, Dream Theater continues to maintain a firm and compelling grip on mainstream progressive-rock/metal since Awake, their breakthrough album. Scenes from a Memory, their eighth record, demonstrates the band's relentless ability to evolve despite holding onto many elements of the same old same old: heavy riffs, ambitious solos, and tender moments disintegrated by explosions of prog power. The album unabashedly flaunts its rock theatrics, with tracks divided into acts and scene. There's even a cast of characters. Although some tracks like "Overture...
...victory marked the eighth consecutive win for the No. 15 Crimson...
...line drive on the final out of the seventh by New York's Marius Russo shattered the kneecap of Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons, who had shut out the Yankees in Game Three. New York scored the deciding run via four straight singles off luckless reliever Hugh Casey in the eighth...