Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson already led the Big Green by three-quarters of a length at the halfway point of the race and, although Dartmouth clung to within a boat-length of the lead, Harvard's biggest challenger throughout the race proved to be the choppy waters of the Charles...
Taken aback, but not overwhelmed, as the Black and White overcame an early deficit to pull ahead of Princeton by about two seats at the 500-meter mark and increased its lead to a full boat length at the halfway point of the race...
...addition of one new character. "84 Charlie MoPic" is an Army term for a documentary cameraman, and all of this film was shot on super-16 mm, as if through his lens. But MoPic provides more than the title; he is responsible for the film's unique point of view. There is no editing in the formal sense. In the field the cameraman must pan from face to face to cover a scene and use his zoom for close-ups. Tracking shots are handheld, often on the run. Sequences end when the cameraman decides to shut off -- or when...
Until the Exxon Valdez hit a reef, these questions did not seem quite so urgent. But like the accident at a once obscure nuclear-power plant known as Three Mile Island, this single disaster could be the turning point for an entire industry. Says Alaska Governor Steve Cowper: "There's going to be a permanent change in the political chemistry of Alaska as a result of this tragedy. Most Alaskans are going to reassess their attitude toward oil and development in this state...
...vast majority of the immigrants, the whole point of coming to Alaska was to profit from the land. Red Swanson, who arrived in 1945, is a good example. For more than 40 years he has bulldozed Alaska, pumped oil out of it, cut down its trees and paved it with asphalt. Says Swanson: "The environmentalists have stopped Alaska from being great. They say hundreds of birds have been killed by this oil spill. But we have millions of birds. These things happen...