Word: minor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Take, for example, the last couple of reels of a minor Ford film, Prisoner of Shark Island (1936). Dr. Mudd, unjustly imprisoned on an American Devil's Island, is recruited to stop a Yellow Fever epidemic. He must rally the panic-stricken soldiers, who are shown to us initially in rapid montage of richly lit terrified faces (a characteristic Ford device seen in Four Men and a Prayer, The Fugitive, The Sun Shines Bright and other films, and an example of Eisensteinian Classicism). Next he airs out the sick ward as a windstorm accompanied by lightning flashes begins (expressionism...
...origin of this spirit may be the lack of financial backing for the lacrosse team. This may sound silly, but when the team can not even afford to have a small banquet at the season's end, it's hard to overcome the feeling that the sport is strictly minor league. More crucial is the fact that funds are necessary to hire another coach or two to help Munro. It is simply impossible for one coach to handle a team of almost 30 players during practice. Two volunteers with considerable ability came down when they could to help, but there...
...outright. An additional motive seemed necessary. The likely one would be that Lowry, who was somewhat brash and arrogant in manner, had managed to antagonize either an influential senior curator or official, or some trustees, or a combination of all three. Perhaps some petty incident triggered the downfall, some minor outrage in a sculpture gallery or hall...
...Faculty of Law yesterday approved with only minor amendments the grade reform plan proposed last week by the faculty Committee on Grades...
Last year's winner, offensive end Carl Goodwin, had one of the longest injury lists in Harvard history. In addition to an assortment of comparatively minor ailments, Goodman broke his leg and ankle and had four operations...