Word: pit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that is lithe and ripe, mezzo-soprano Maria Ewing was born to sing the title role, and she delivers a performance of untamed carnality. Slovak bass Sergei Koptchak is outstanding as her lecherous father-in-law, and Russian tenor Vladimir Galouzine is appropriately ardent as the lover. In the pit, conductor James Conlon and the Met orchestra rejoice in the score's raw power...
...course begins on a half-mile flat that leads into the "cow-path," which is a 200 meter stretch that can be likened to a pit of quick sand. The unfortunate runners then face their first real challenge, known as "bitch hill" to masochistic course veterans, which is in effect a mountain side that never ends...
...August, when it was announced he would be leaving Disney, Katzenberg had said he would "take a 60-day pit stop ... to rest and recharge." But for this mighty mover, whose relentless vim is both a legend and a curse, two months of R. and R. would be cruel and unusual punishment -- like having to watch Cabin Boy nonstop for a year. Geffen says Katzenberg called him "the day it hit the fan at Disney," and floated the idea of a partnership with him and Spielberg. "It started with 'Wouldn't it be great?"' says Geffen, "but it became real...
...sense that Mark Roosevelt was a little nervous at the beginning," said David F. Kennedy, of Hull, Mass. "But Roosevelt was the pit bull of the debate...
...pit of this massive feeding frenzy is the Los Angeles courtroom, out of which fly the bits of juicy meat that titillate and sustain the O.J. industry. That pit is wired for live action: the TV networks have flown in their war-coverage equipment from Haiti and erected scaffolding several stories high, portable satellite dishes and stages around the courthouse. With Dan and Connie chomping at the bit, CBS news, always a leader in entertainment, has laid 55,000 feet--more than 10 miles--of cable...