Word: pools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like "Citizen Kane," "Sunset Boulevard" begins with its ending, the unexplained death of the hero. In a trick of cinematography, the glassy face of a B-movie screenwriter wavers across the screen, his corpse floating facedown in the white marble swimming pool of a forgotten star. As the sun rises over Hollywood, he begins to narrate the great story he never produced: his own demise...
...University of Pennsylvania admitted approximately a third of those who applied, offering 4,960 students admission from the applicant pool...
...Gazette of April 6, 6,100 of the applicants scored 1400 or higher on their combined SAT, nearly 9,500 scored 700 or higher on the SAT mathematics test, and 2,158 scored 800 on the Math II achievement test. As in past years, there were in the applicant pool more high school valedictorians, 2,826, than there were places in the incoming class...
...paradox of human miracle assessment is that the only way to discern whether a phenomenon is supernatural is by having trained rationalists testify that it outstrips their training. Since most wonders admitted by the modern church are medical cures, it consults with doctors. Di Ruberto has access to a pool of 60--"We've got all the medical branches covered," says his colleague, Dr. Ennio Ensoli--and assigns each purported miracle to two specialists on the vanquished ailment...
...girls gang up with a band of rebel 'roos,the Rippers, and fight for their right to have aproverbial pool party. The Rippers, are a cliqueof half-man, half-kangaroo mutants, played byactors with elaborate make-up, and exceedinglyclever costumes designed by Stan Winston. Theyeach have definite personalities. The one who isreminiscent of rapper Ice-T, is played withsurprising depth by the rapper Ice-T. The Rippersare quite revolting in appearance, with scummyteeth and skin like hairy pumpernickel bagels, yetsomehow they're so charming it isn't impossible tounderstand the impulse to shag one. They are halfhuman, after...