Word: heighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...height of Degas' sculptural wit is attained in the one statue that he put on exhibit during his lifetime (none were cast in bronze before his death) and the one that still remains his most famous piece of work in the medium. His biting humor becomes manifest in "The Little14-Year-Old Dancer," of which both the finished product and a study in the nude take their places in the exhibit. The nude study highlights the ironic contrast between the elegant, flowing pose the young ballet student has struck (her neck imperiously thrust back and her arms joined together...
Harvard started nervously, falling behind quickly by a score of 10-2 with just 4:30 gone. SMU opened the game with a 1-3-1 full-court zone press that flustered the Harvard offense. Using its height advantage, SMU dominated the boards and let their 6 ft. -1 in. center, Marilyn Caswell, clog the middle and reject the Harvard aerials...
...pounds, the Austrian born Schwarznegger has won the Mr. Olympia contest, the world professional bodybuilding championship, six times. Despite the relative merits of his sport, Schwarzenegger acts like the champion he is. With his cocky banter and waggish smile, he resembles Broadway Joe at the height of his career. Schwarzenegger describes the pain of tearing his muscles and the narcissistic pleasure of competitive posing, and beams, "It's as satisfying to me as coming." Since he screws, works out or poses constantly, he claims, "I am coming day and night. I'm in heaven...
...school principal The longest number includes a rape fantasy, wrestling women, and the punishment of a rapist by whipping and crucifixion. Chip Durgom, a small, bearded man of 28, stars in The Astronaut, a sketch involving a woman's fantasy about shrinking a man to the height of only a few inches, which then shades into a man's fantasy about returning to the womb. In a chicken fantasy, Durgom plays a squawking bird about to be roasted and carved by Big Mama. Like much of the show, the chicken scene is played broadly for laughs...
...Hooft is not a particularly extraordinary guy. Tall (6-5), thin for his height (190) and soft-spoken, Hooft doesn't cut a very distinct figure in the Kirkland House dining hall. Neither does he dazzle you on the basketball court. What he does do, on a team that is 6-15 so far, is cope. And he does it very well...