Word: journeyer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attempt to outdo the melodrama of 1992 in Barcelona -- when an archer ignited the Olympic flame with a streaking arrow -- Norwegian ski jumper Ole Gunnar Fidjestol sought to soar down the slope and vault into the air as one of the final bearers of the Olympic flame on its journey to Lillehammer. But he crashed askew, incurring a concussion and dropping out of his place of honor. The privilege went to Stein Gruben, who brought the stunt off stirringly...
...February 11, "Sex Is...," Marc Huestis' documentary on gay sexuality, opened at the Coolidge Corner Theater in the midst of the worst snowstorm of the year. Huestis' journey to Boston in order to promote the film was a mini-Odyssey full of storms. Flying in from San Francisco, Huestis was stuck in Chicago for several hours before his plane was actually allowed to go to Boston. However, the weather in Boston was so bad that five minutes before landing, the plane was re-routed to Montreal. Unfortunately, Huestis did not have proper identification. Despite his ordeal and the fact that...
...students who made the journey from MIT to take the course said they were drawn in by the professors' names...
Just as the entire family made the two and half hour journey to pick me up, so everyone, despite motion sickness, sent me to the airport. Though they could not go with me to the waiting-room for passengers, they said they would wait until they were sure my plane had taken off safely for Hong Kong. My aunt had a cousin who worked with the airport police and arranged it so that they could bid me a last good bye on my way to the plane. As I emerged from the waiting room and onto the tarmac, they were...
...having trouble with the creation of his new ballet based on the American liberation of the Netherlands. Jeroen has run out of inspiration. However, the death of his wartime foster father forces Jeroen to confront what happened to him as a child during the liberation. Jeroen's sentimental journey serves as the core of a lyrical and affecting film...