Word: odd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bourbeau had the odd distinction of scoringagainst his former roommate, Harvard goalie JohnDevin, with 16 minutes left in the second period.Devin injured his knee in the middle of the periodand was replaced by freshman Michael Francis...
...copies in the process. It not only maddened the people who could not solve the easy-looking puzzle, but it spawned a generation of whiz-kids who could solve it in under a minute. Of course, some of these genuises wanted more. So manufacturers offered Cube spinoffs in odd shapes...
...batty, very neurotic woman repressed by her repulsive, narcissistic husband. It is hard to believe, with the background Mikhalkov gives her, that Romano is her first flirt with adultery, or the romantic notion that she learned to read Italian from songs. Still, Sofovna is so convincing, because of the odd twitches with which she endows her character, that the final plot twist is hardly surprising...
...BOOK gives credence to the major fears of Harper's upscale, overeducated readership. Namely, the military-industrial complex, pollution, cultural illiteracy, alienation and anomie are undermining America's pre-eminence and quality of life. The odd combination of Cassandra-like despair and Letterman-esque snidery at the folly of it all surely must be what accounts for the Index's following...
...odd-numbered games, that...