Word: grinds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seemed as if some of the adults had an axe to grind," said Julia M. Clay of Kalamazoo...
Which will be an even more dismal scenario this time around. The Almanac says it's going to be a tough than usual few months ahead for us, and for both the American sportsman and the American fan, it's destined to be a much tougher grind from November through February...
Here we go again -- another gore gourmand acting out fantasies of aggression for the grind-house trade. Well, no. For a start, Tarantino's films are energized not so much by violence as by its threat; it's in the air like a balloon ready to explode. More important, Tarantino, 31, sees movie violence as a vivid visual correlative for the internal agitation of urban America, for all those people who believe their lives are a pitched battle for self- preservation. If he romanticizes his gunmen, he also anchors them in vulnerability, stupidity and the blinkered loyalty...
...course, the summer wasn't all wall adornments and beans. Administrators stayed on campus, suffered in the sticky, sunny sauna that was Cambridge and continued the academic year grind amid the chaos of Yard renovations, benefits overhauls and talks of restructuring the College...
Another thing that made me sit up and take notice was the incredible energy of lead singer Goat, who at one point jumped off the stage to bump and grind with some of the girls dancing up front...