Word: lift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Boston University Captain Mike Kelfer, Boston College Tri-Captain Dave Littman, and Northeastern Captain Dave Buda all like to talk about what it's like to play in the Beanpot finals, or watch their teammates lift the 'Pot trophy in celebration...
...Schernecker's been coming off the bench and giving us a big lift," Harvard Coach Peter Roby said. "He's a big presence inside, he can score outside and he can rebound...
...murderer. Alone in his bedroom, he gets up to block the door with his dresser bureau. And then what? Well naturally, Porizkova walks in catching him in the act. What does Selleck reply? A better question is: what would Magnum reply? "Oh I was just exercising. Some people lift weights, I move furniture." Where is the laugh track when you most need...
...agonize a lot. I have known individuals who made a big decision and never gave it another thought. I don't. When it's a big issue, I don't sleep soundly. I remember Gordon Cooper falling asleep while in the capsule waiting for lift-off. Now that's real class. When he blasted off, his pulse went to 70. I can get mine to 90 just thinking about...
...expensive, Gianni Quaranta, Zeffirelli's set decorator on several films, was engaged instead. Quaranta has conjured up a storybook Nile replete with towering statues, colorful friezes and a couple of skittish horses to pull Radames' chariot during the Triumphal March. Employing the two-tiered hydraulic stage lift a la Franco, Quaranta triggered the evening's longest ovation by gratuitously transforming Amneris' private chambers into a huge public square. Such technical sleight of hand was novel when first used back in 1966 in Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, but by now it has become a cliche. But then, cliches...