Word: hops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world's most renowned botanical gardens, Yueh-siu Park, with more than 100 varieties of orchid; the exquisite Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, built circa A.D. 480; and the nearby Temple of Brightness and Filial Piety, built some 2,400 years ago. A short air hop from Canton is tranquil Kweilin, a delicate beauty spot on the fabled Li River, ringed by eroded limestone peaks that could have been assembled by a stage designer...
...favor, Mr. Self Indulgent. Hop the next plane to Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago, or Milwaukee. Tell everyone you're from Boston, and they'll sit there wondering what a playoff and excitement on a baseball diamond in autumn are like. Tell them you were there and felt the vibrations of Athens and Sparta and your team almost won. They won't feel sorry for you. They shouldn...
...Heaven emerges from its images, not its players. Nowhere is this more evident than in the film's final scenes, when the action shifts from the farm to a bustling nearby town of 1917. Suddenly we are in the death throes of oldtime America: smiling dough boys hop on trains to the blare of brass bands. At that moment Days of Heaven effortlessly transcends its own story to prefigure the history of an era. As Malick's characters lost their innocence on a ravaged wheatfield in Texas, so would a nation on the bloody battlefields of the first...
...then allowed himself an elated clap of his hands before tipping his cap to the fans. They stood and cheered for three minutes. Rose's first thought after getting his hit? "I wanted to be sure I had a chance at second in case the ball took a bad hop. We're in a pennant race, you know...
...also revels in his life. Having no strong family ties, he goes wherever he wants whenever he wants. Having no strong compulsion to work, he takes off months to hop around the world, read, dabble in politics and consort with beautiful and in teresting women. (He has made only 15 movies in 18 years.) While other stars hang out with one another in Malibu, Beatty moves and mingles with the "right" people. He has had breakfast with Henry Kissinger in San Clemente and dined back in town with Vladimir Horowitz. He has numbered among his friends the likes of Lillian...