Word: fits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...struggle to define itself that Jane never appears to us as a real person. This is the novel's greatest setback: it doesn't manage to outgrow its fairy tale from. We have the castle, the king and the queen. We have the princess who doesn't fit into her role, who pretends to an identity of her own, who steps out of line. We have a sort of conflict, a sort of quest, and eventually our princes resolves to achieve 'success,' which is defined as eventually assuming the same as that of her father. Throughout the book, characters remain...
...another murderat her hands would not be inconceivable. Thehorror movie element is intensified by theperiodic dizzying flashbacks with stop-actionfilming and bizarre lighting that highlights Liz'sbruised body and the discovery of her body by herparents. And of course, the mere setting of highschool alone also makes this film fit the horrorgenre. If it isn't a ghastly retainer (worn byper-"Vylette" Fern) or snobby cheerleaders (one ofwhom is played by Tatyana Ali '02 ), then it'sthe feeling of alienation felt by Fern that fuelsher wish to be somebody other than a nobody...
...When the pool is small and the numbers are small...and when there are only a tiny number of people who fit your tiny number of openings and if those people happen to be very happy where they are...it just might not be so easy to move that person," Rudenstine said...
...such a big personality would not be complete with anything smaller. Coleman, a big basketball player with a big laugh, would not be who he is today if it were not for the defining role of his feet. They made the sacrifice when all of Coleman could not fit under the shade of a beach umbrella. Even burnt and scorched, they continued to open doors for Coleman, type for him if necessary, and pick up annoying little pills from spilled aspirin bottles. But these well-manicured boats have other attributes that make Coleman's friends jealous. Not only...
...team is clearly the best team out there," Herlihy said. "We're more fit than the other teams, and we feel ready to win [the Howe Cup] after this weekend...