Word: kept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...diving, senior Pat Healy placed in the topsix on both the one-and three-meter boards.Sophomores Jonathan Manson, Al Wolf and JoseZumpano kept the Crimson afloat in thebreaststroke competition, each taking points inboth the 100 and 200 breaststroke races...
...after his father's death, every detail of its history becomes sacred. He constantly tries to recreate the letter's origins, to determine whether his mother knew about its existence before he found her with it, and to trace its journey from the safe where it was first kept to the desk drawer where it was after his father's death. He says, "I did not see my mother actually find the letter. Come across it; locate it. I'm building backwards again." Toward the end of the novel, the boy has begun to assimilate his varying pictures...
...semi-perfect special-teams output--the Crimson capitalized on three of five power-play situations and killed all six penalties--kept Harvard's record in perfect condition. The Crimson (8-0 overall, 7-0 ECAC, 6-0 Ivy League) still sits alone in first place of the ECAC...
Reporters were kept in the terminal buildingand could only see the movements of vehicles onthe darkened runway once the plane landed...
...also lacks the constant background patter of jokes that kept Airplane! going. There is a good deal of homophobic nastiness--the bad guy is gay, of course--and the occasional bathroom humor makes for some of the film's least appealing moments. Naked Gun's endless gags become more and more tedious, and the movie starts to fall apart during an incredibly long baseball sequence near the end. The threadbare plot, flimsy as it is, actually manages to bog the film down...