Word: gamut
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most salient feature of Gaye's style was, as he himself, acknowledged, he was "always looking for something new." His albums continued to surprise by including songs that represented a large gamut of musical influences. His very proficiency made him seem timeless--it became hard to believe that anything would stop the continuing progression of successful Gaye albums, a legacy recently sustained by his Oscar-winning "Midnight Love." Hard to believe--as the evidence indicates--that the gospel-playing father who started Gaye's career would put three bullets into his son's chest, reportedly over "bad blood" between them...
AMERICANS IN PARIS or parisians in America are nothing new. The results have run the gamut from Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron waltzing past Dufyseque backdrops to the glitzy elegance of Diva to alas the little croissant establishment that is slowly swallowing up Harvard Square. Bob Swaim's new movie, La Balance, rates somewhere in between. While it takes place en frangais, the director seems to want to keep reminding us that it is American with its raucous combination of quick action violence coupled with seamy loves scenes. That desire turns out to be about as subtle as Clint Eastwood...
From compilations of European civil laws in the 15th century to records of early American stature laws governing relations with Indians in 1671, the room encompasses the gamut of legal history...
Residents of Cambridge and Greater Boston are bracing themselves this week, as the Harvard Lampoon runs its newly elected editors through a gamut of pranks which traditionally disrupt lectures and meals and attract crowds along sidewalks...
Appearances count. Prominently displayed bound volumes of the Harvard Law Review will give clients and colleagues the impression that a young attorney was a student editor. A male associate's "wardrobe of suits can run the gamut from blue to black." Women should dress as drably as possible and avoid makeup and perfume: "You don't want to encourage the senior partner to think of you in the same vein as the women he knew in Paris during...