Word: mountainous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that captures the eye. But what holds the imagination are the shapes, the folds and the colors, the cascades of fabric in a skirt that uses 300 yards of cotton to move over the wearer like a light wind or that spills around her, when she sits, like a mountain lake. The gold glitters, but what seduces are the accents of color that the gold picks up and reflects, like the green fragments of beetle wings that peek out of a 19th century man's coat. Gharara, billowing pants favored by both men and women, have a sensuality that could...
Ross McElwee's amazing new film Sherman's March shares the best elements of home movies. The film's ostensible subject is the director Ross McElwee himself, and the photography and synchronized sound were taken by McElwee as he lugged his 16mm camera to secluded islands, mountain retreats and the guest bedrooms of a series of women from his romantic past. But unlike your basic home movie, McElwee has not sent forth a slew of random holiday footage. On the contrary, he has edited meticulously some 30 hours of hand-held adventure filming to produce a rueful, bittersweet...
...soft drinks, which unlike tea and coffee are caffeinated artificially, Mountain Dew contains the most, with 55 mg per 12-ounce can. Both Coke and Diet Coke contain approximately 46 mg of caffeine, while Pepsi has about 38 mg, Weidner said...
...that will all change beginning this winter when the Skiway operates its snow-making equipment for the first time. On December 1 the machines will start and, if the weather is agreeable, the trails will open to the public on December 15, said a manager at the mountain...
During term-time the downhill ski team travels to Nashoba Valley, Mass., thirty minutes away, to practice. "Unfortunatley it is a very small mountain," Weiner said. "They have no expert trails...