Word: figuredness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The same scene figured prominently in the '50s technicolor classic, Cimmarron, based on a novel by Edna Ferber. And although Howard's sweeping images of the historic land rush are not significantly different from those in Cimmarron, his decision to shoot his movie in 70mm film is invaluable to conveying...
Gaines sold Mad in 1961 but stayed as publisher and paterfamilias through a succession of corporate overseers (including its current owner, Time Warner Inc.). Gaines, says editor Nick Meglin, who started at Mad in 1956, was "a very, very casual person -- which is a euphemism for being a slob. He...
"I went to practice and saw the team needed a number eight, so I told the coach I played number eight," recalls Oberg, who actually played flanker throughout high school. "I bluffed my way. I'm not sure how many of the guys figured it out. I'm sure the...
Now the "Quad Howl" (the suburban version of the River Houses' pre-exam primal scream) can sometimes get out of hand (bandies overtook the roof of Cabot House this year), but I figured this tank wasn't from the National Guard. No, its real purpose was more pressing. The tank...
"I figured out in the book that he was a repressed homosexual," Wilson says.