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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Keeffe's career was unique in the annals of American art, for several combining reasons. The first, and most obvious, was its length. It embraced the whole history of modernism in America. Between 1916, when a friend took a bundle of her drawings to Alfred Stieglitz at the 291 Gallery in New York City, and 1976, when encroaching blindness forced her to more or less give up painting, O'Keeffe remained either a vivid presence or, in her later years of isolation on her ranch in Abiquiu, N. Mex., a formidable and revered absence...
...entered Harvard from 1916 to 1950. The subjects were followed until 1978, by which time 1,413 had died. Correlating death rates with exercise habits, the researchers were able to quantify, for the first time, the relationship between various amounts of physical activity and length of life...
...each time, a Crimson player had to skate the length of the rink, scoop up the puck and bring it back...
...This infuriated Patrick J. Buchanan, Reagan's director of communications, who criticized ABC in a letter for giving air time to a "trained propagandist." Richard Wald, ABC News senior vice president, agreed in a statement that the network had erred by "letting (Posner) push on at too great a length without an opposing voice to point out the errors and inconsistencies in what he said...
...performers who spend the bulk of the play on stage, Durham and Forsythe, are both barely adequate for their roles. Durham plays melodiously, but his repertoire is too limited for the length of the production (just under two hours). Forsythe lacks the emotional range that the role of Luba calls for; she is also ill-equipped to handle the artificial monologues. She should be given credit, however, for keeping her energy up throughout the entire marathon...