Word: quest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quest for Garbo, Gilly encounters a motely crew of New Yorkers, all of whom are supposed to bring him closer to uncovering the location of the mysterious actress. Lumet introduces the characters in brief cameos, but these supposedly comic sketches are disappointingly inadequate. They simply lack punch. One exception is Gilly's meeting with a lonely gay salesman on the ferry to Fire Island, where Garbo has a home. As they wander along the beach at dusk, he describes his lonely personal life. Finally, the mute lighting is perfect, providing a discrete backdrop for this sensitive scene. The scene aptly...
...NOTEBOOK: Assumption's Carol Krupa came into the game needing 13 points for 1000 in her career. She fell just five short, but her quest seemed to disrupt her team's play...Harvard women's soccer goalie-extraordinate Trace Whitley made her hoop debut in the closing minutes and brought down the house with a sneak-away lay-up...Harvard (1-0) plays Friday and Saturday in the Harvard Invitational...Senior Co-Captain Wendy Joseph sat out last night's contest with an injury but could be back as early as this weekend...
There is, too, the fact of Walter Mondale. Admirable as he is, Mondale did not run an effective campaign. He began his quest for the White House on the odd note of promising to raise taxes. Near the end of his campaign, he drove home differences of principle with the Republicans, but the passion came too late. In terms of abstractions, it may be said that Mondale represented the past of Big Government, now seen as less appealing than the past of free enterprise represented by Reagan. But most people recognize such polarities as the stuff of speeches; realism always...
...pioneering quest to become the nation's second-highest elected official, Geraldine Ferraro ran not one campaign but two. On one level, she sought to do what running mates always have: stump long and loyally for her party's presidential nominee and bolster the ticket among his weaker constituencies. On another level, Ferraro was running for the history books. As the first woman ever nominated for the vice presidency by a major party, as well as the first Italian American, she broke new political ground along every step of a grueling four-month journey...
...same time, we hope the Democratic Party will also view the Reagan mandate for what it is rather than rush to embrace a more conservative agenda in a singleminded quest to regain the White House. American voters--even many of those who gave Reagan the thumbs up on Tuesday--still support Democratic stances on many of the issues of the day. As of now, there is no evidence that a Democratic lurch toward the right is necessary--let alone morally justifiable...