Word: keene
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...overwhelming carousels of colors, shadows, purple moons and spinning pinwheels of light to illuminate every angle and curve of the bodies pulsating on the stage. At moments, the lights are so grandiose that they threaten to overshadow the dancers themselves; for the most part, however, McGee has a keen eye for tasteful spectacle and a smart awareness of the all the beautiful ways to illuminate moving bodies...
...book--the hot pursuit of glory, the race against the chemist Linus Pauling for the Nobel Prize that DNA would surely bring--got bad reviews from the (relatively) genteel Crick. He didn't recall anyone mentioning a Nobel Prize. "My impression was that we were just, you know, mad keen to solve the problem," he later said. But whatever their aims, Watson and Crick shared an attraction to DNA, and when they wound up in the same University of Cambridge lab, they bonded...
...There he faced Michigan's Damion Logan, who beat DeNunzio 7-0 earlier this season at the Cliff-Keen Invitational. It was time for some sweet revenge, though, as DeNunzio not only won the match, but pinned the No. 5 Logan in just...
...example, she envisions a future in which the right to sleep has been legislated away. The narrator's occupation? A Dreamer, literally someone who dreams for everyone else. Yet seemingly mundane situation, such as befriending a pooch in "The 24-Hour Dog," are approached with equally fresh and keen perception. Winterson's quick scene changes, especially apparent in the latter story, can be jarring. But in another sense, it is as if she is a Cubist painter presenting varied perspectives in an attempt to avoid cliche and whisk you to the "other places" mentioned in the book's title...
Before his injury, Killar was having a terrific season, placing third at the Cliff-keen Invitational in Las Vegas and boasting a record...