Word: elliott
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Keith Elliott of Rumson, N.J., was desperate for help. Two of the spongy discs separating the vertebrae in his lower back had herniated, pressing on spinal nerves and causing excruciating pain. The 40-year-old business executive could either choose surgery to remove the "slipped" discs or go to Canada for a simpler, much ballyhooed but controversial therapy. The treatment: injection of chymopapain, a substance derived from the tropical papaya fruit...
...film, adding to the disjointed impression. Sting's contribution as an actor, however, is excellent. He carries the Malcolm McDowell villainous schoolboy role a step or two higher in intensity: in fact, the two even resemble each other somewhat physically, especially in the cold glare of the eyes. Denholm Elliott characterized every feature of Thomas to perfection, and Joan Plowright manages to make her character warm and sympathetic under the circumstances...
...Secretary of State's meeting with MacEachen and a subsequent talk with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau were signs of a small thaw in a U.S.-Canadian relationship that has grown increasingly frosty. Washington is concerned by what it sees as the nationalistic and discriminatory investment policies of Trudeau's Liberal government. Those worries have been expressed vocally in the U.S. Congress. Last week Congressman John Dingell, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, attacked Canada for "unfair and confiscatory policies in the energy and investment areas." According to a report issued by the subcommittee...
...denigrating minimalism, Composer Elliott Carter comments: "One also hears constant repetition in the speeches of Hitler and in advertising. It has its dangerous aspects." One also hears constant repetition in the song patterns of birds and in the sound of the tide breaking on the shore...
Just 11 minutes later, Inga Larson found an open Joan Elliott standing directly in front of the Smith goal. Before Elimeter could react, Larson had passed to Elliott, who slammed the ball into the back of the Smith...