Word: odd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...odd fans in the bleachers of the IAB watched intently as Ed McNamara of NYU and Rich Pantel of Princeton fought a see-saw battle. At the time--after six of eight rounds--they were the only two fencers ahead of Vastola. If--the crowd thought--Pantel beat the undefeated McNamara, Vastola could perhaps secure first or second by thrashing McNamara himself, then polishing off his last...
Christopher Harris, 40, a curly-haired Californian with tinted glasses, has an odd occupation. He steps out of a rented Cadillac limousine, approaches unwary pedestrians and asks: "Do you mind if I give...
...with these people? They were all intelligent, potentially competent, as honest as the next guy. They had probably all entered Government service with enthusiasm and dedication. But somewhere along the line they had all settled for far less than expected-and some had virtually embraced incompetence. The odd thing was that most took no joy in their malfeasance. A few delighted in petty corruption, but most were frustrated and dissatisfied. They felt that theirs was the only rational course open, that the system demanded incompetence...
...reveals, Crews earned his vision. He is, to use his own term, a "grit," a poor white brought up on a Depression dirt farm in Georgia, fearful of landlords, Government, floods, of life itself. Maturity has brought courage, but the shudders of childhood remain. So does the gallery of odd personae who enliven his latest book of personal essays, Blood and Grits...
...Zsigmond again in places, and Haskell Wexler. Believe it or not, that movie taught me a lot about cinema...about compositions, how to use a moving camera, color...That's the best movie of the year, better than Malick's Badlands, too. His best. I loved Brooke Adams. Real odd, distinctive beauty. And intelligence...