Word: filled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...known; ideally suited, as well, to Brando's questing spirit. But in the '50s, as he reached the height of his powers, Hollywood sank to the nadir of its strength. Competing with TV, it embraced color, wide screen, spectacle--and was looking for bold, uncomplicated heroes to fill its big, empty spaces. Brando looked (and felt) ludicrous in this context...
...William Redfield spoke for them all when he said, "We...believed in him not just as an actor, but as an artistic, spiritual and specifically American leader." But this was not a role that suited him, for there was nothing in his nature that he could draw on to fill it out. The son of alcoholics--a stern taciturn father; a sweet, culturally aspiring mom--he had drifted to New York City and into acting when he was expelled from the military school that was supposed to shake the flakiness from his soul...
...year from today, facing a Yard full of alumni and 363 prestigious years of shoes to fill, President Neil L. Rudenstine will close the books on the Capital Campaign, the largest fundraising drive in Harvard history...
...multi-year Hungarian national champion had her fill of Eastern Europe and is now tearing up American soil. During her first meet in a Harvard uniform in December, Gyorffy shattered school records in both the high jump--her specialty--and the triple jump, which she says she only did "because I like...
...seems to have been an exceptional year for women at Harvard. Many say the College has finally recognized that Radcliffe's increasing marginalization in the lives of undergraduate women has left a void that Harvard must fill...