Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...real reason for the disintegration that sets in after Borodino is that history is being made too fast. Jumping from the battlefield to Andrei's death to Natasha's marriage with Pierre, the play loses its sense of drama and becomes a mere chronicle of events. Once more the audience is left wondering with Pierre "What does this all mean?" By the end of War and Peace, despite the valiant struggle of the director and cast, only the historian knows for sure...
Wide Influence. The attack on Zaïre is the latest-and perhaps most ominous-indication of the fast-growing presence in black Africa of the Cubans, whom former U.N. Ambassador Daniel P. Moynihan called "the Gurkhas of the Russian empire." Besides the approximately 13,000 Cuban troops and 4,000 advisers in Angola, Western intelligence sources believe that Havana now has military and/or civilian advisers in the Congo (Brazzaville) (2,000), Sierra Leone (200-300), Guinea (300-500), Equatorial Guinea (300-500), Guinea-Bissau (300), Mozambique (500-600), Tanzania (500), Somalia (650) and, for the past month...
...Tribute to Vaudeville (NBC, March 25), Ball donned a special "fat suit." "I always admired Sophie's elegant arrogance," says Ball, who carefully practiced Tucker's mannerisms and purposeful strut across the stage. But Lucy could not master Sophie's sweeping bow. "When you take a fast bow in a fat suit, you pitch forward," she explains. "That bow almost landed me in the orchestra...
...scoring. Guards may not tie up the ball unless a forward is either in the lane or taking a shot. Players are restricted to two dribbles and must pass off. shoot or take their requisite two bounces within three seconds of getting the ball. The result is a fast-paced, intricately patterned contest. Scores in the 90s are not uncommon in the 32-minute games...
Harvard tallied only two goals in the third period, both by senior MacKenzie, who is fast approaching the 100 career points plateau. In the final 15 minutes, the Crimson attack shifted back into high gear...