Word: gross
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tragedy could have been much worse. Although one Western diplomat in Bucharest said that "the center of the town looked as though an air raid had hit it," TIME's Richard Gross cabled that relatively few buildings were actually flattened. "Most of those that were damaged had their roofs or top floors shaken loose. The rubble bombarded residents, who fled to the streets in panic. Motorists, not knowing where to flee, drove around in circles for hours in panic, creating horrendous traffic jams in a city where most people are too poor to afford cars. Yet U.S. embassy officials...
...Joseph Gross, Professor of Law and Associate Dean of the Law School, Tel Aviv University, will lecture on "The New Tax Reform in Israel" at 4 p.m. in Room 203, Roscoe Pound Building, at the Law School...
Similarly, Frances Gross, in her portrayal of Grover Bagby's shrewish wife Cora who deduces what's really going on, shows a little too much shrew. And the four maids who comprise the play's chorus are too disorganized in their organized disorganization for their own good. Only Vivian Cavalieri, the first maid, could do anything so practical as sing completely, and quite well, on tune...
...panders to an innate fascination. In Richard III, Shakespeare described King Richard III as a man so ugly that people could not help but look at him. Pumping Iron appeals in a similar vein. After the first few scenes of rippling flesh, one easily becomes immune to the bodybuilders' gross distortions and enjoys Schwarzenegger's charismatic overconfidence. A guy from the refrigerator repair school may have suffered disqualification in a collegiate contest, but another mechanic has made a movie that entertains, but does little else...
McGlade stumbled in her first contest, 9-15, then muscled her way to convincing 15-10, 15-11 and 15-7 triumphs over Barbara Gross. Freshman Becky Tung was totally ruthless at number seven as she bounced over Sue Slough...