Word: magical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...writers imitate his style and similes. Without vanity, he tries to fer ret out the reasons for his own success: "There are better plotters than I am, and much better idea men, but it doesn't seem to matter. When they write the scene, there is no magic...
...silly drunk, obsessed with height and puppets instead of the conquest of Italy. Holm is awkwardly funny in a sort of ludicrous, obvious way, not even bothering to sustain a French accent. Agamemnon (Sean Connery, looking at once--and for once--agacious, fatherly, and mischievous), is concerned more with magic tricks than his empire. Such is the toying with history and apparent lack of morality of these middle scenes...
...years, the Joe 'Auteri-to-John Cheney magic had done it for South House, pulling impossible wins out of a seemingly impossible hat. But the touchdown connection faltered yesterday in SoHo's 14-12 loss to Kirkland House, when a last-minute two-point conversion attempt rolled off Cheney's fingertips and onto the ground...
...meantime, consider the story of Ponce de León, who was in his 50s when he first heard of the Fountain of Youth. He had subdued the natives of Puerto Rico to become a secure but bored governor. Supposedly an old Indian slave told him of the magic water, one sip of which would reverse the terrible effects of age. In 1512 the old rascal put out with three ships bound for Bimini, the supposed location of the fountain. Ponce found only the Sargasso Sea, the islands called the Dry Tortugas and flying fish. Eight years later, convinced that...
...million participants a month. Says a student at Jon Devlin's Dancercise in New York: "My main reason for coming is my head. If I miss three days, I have to come in for my fix." Says Devlin: "There is something about dancing and music that's magic-it lifts people up." Whether the reason is the music, or the camaraderie, or the behavior-mod technique of encouraging women to smile and shout during the workouts, Dancercise has reversed the trend of the lonely long-distance runner...