Word: peculiarities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While it is incumbent upon colleges to controlcosts and moderate the growth of fees, collegesalso face very "peculiar" economic problems,Rudenstine told the audience...
...were in marked contrast to what Yeltsin had been saying only a few weeks earlier. In conversations with his own aides and at least one Western diplomat, he had dismissed the Arkansas Governor as too young, too inexperienced and -- get this -- too much of a "socialist." That's a peculiar epithet from someone who, until two years ago, was a card- carrying communist; but now that Russia has repudiated Karl Marx and embraced Adam Smith, its leader is apparently susceptible to Republican propaganda about Democrats...
...Transylvanian princess. Dracula's glimpse of her photograph sets the stage for the love story which drives the film. Although a monster, Dracula is a rather compelling romantic hero--top hat, John Lennon glasses and all. Oldman successfully evokes the quirky, bordering on psychotic, vulnerability he brought to other peculiar roles in "Sid and Nancy" and "Track...
...mood at Harkness Commons at Harvard LawSchool was one of heady self-righteousness. Twentyor so eager law students greeted Clinton gainswith hoots and applause. They reacted to losseswith groans and peculiar guttural noises...
...Batman soundtrack matched theblackness and quirkiness of the film. He treatedthe audience to a stylistic journey ofimpressionistic music. Each track was written forparticular characters and actions in the filmgiving them his own peculiar spin. From thedanceable "Batman" to the haunting "Arms ofOrion," Prince demonstrates his creativeabilities...