Word: plot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Luscomb conjures up images with little regard for continuity (from 1920 in Tennessee, her conversation turns to the 1848 conference on the condition of women at Seneca Falls, N.Y.). And her discourses reminded one of the plot of an old movie, full of flashbacks and straying off on tangents...
...terms in the harsh climate, where daytime temperatures often top 115°. A junior sergeant serving in Djibouti can make nearly $20,000 a year, up to four times what he might earn in France. "They come here to serve their time, make their pile for a house or plot of ground back home, and then leave with it," says a British shipping agent who has lived in Djibouti many years. "They get rich and Djibouti gets nothing. That's not enlightened colonialism. It's a bloody...
...residents will only approve the proposal if Harvard makes a long-term commitment to upgrade and maintain the rest of the tract as a public park, Basler said, adding that since the University acquired the land 18 years ago, it has kept the plot fenced off and overgrown...
Star Wars is a very entertaining movie that is fun to watch, if only to catch all the special effects. The plot isn't exactly sophisticated-it's basic good guys against bad guys. And guess who wins? (I won't tell because it might spoil the movie for you.) But now that it's not selling out all the time, you can make the trip downtown and actually get in to see the movie. May the force be with...
...final duet: "Marriage is a very good thing though it's far from easy--still it's filled this house with life and love." For every crisis and every resolution, there is a song; but as the music and lyrics are scarcely less cliched than the plot, the songs hardly lighten the play. A few of the numbers contain some surprises, but they would have to contain a lot more to balance things...