Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there, in China, that White got his start. It was there, too, that he was spoiled--too much excitement too soon too fast, which led him to seek it everywhere without cease. Still, if he hadn't, he would have deprived us of the entertainment and education he offers in this history of one man's search for history...
Perhaps to compensate for the movie's so-what story, Stone has also tried to fashion a Hepburn-Tracy relationship for his hero and heroine. Bisset is cast as the world's greatest (and probably thinnest) pastry chef, while Segal plays her ex-husband, a fast-food maven whose philan dering broke up the marriage. It is not the actors' fault that they walk through the film with plastic smiles: the characters' debates over the merits of haute cui sine and Big Macs are as predictable as their final reconciliation. Besides, it strains credibility that this...
Since the boats race against the clock rather than head-to-head, the fans never know for sure how their favorites are doing. The complicated seeding system, which combines the previous year's finish for an organization with the Cambridge officials' estimate of speed, often puts fast crews behind slower ones...
...speaks enthusiastically of her national team. "Our attack is excellent," she beams. "We're fast and fit. The players are All-Americans. They're dedicated to the sport. They work very well on their...
...second half, Harvard came out and took control, playing its usual fast-paced game that had been absent in the first stanza...