Word: quested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Getty, the late oil billionaire, had begun a collection of Greek and Roman antiquities at his U.S. home in Malibu, Calif., and expressed interest in the statue. But even he balked at the asking price-about $5 million. After his death in 1976, officials at his museum continued the quest for the statue, finally arriving at a deal this year...
Yale is by no means alone in its quest for a new president-or in the array of problems that he will face. Some hypothetical ads for other schools seeking new leaders...
...Pirandello saw it, man is involved in the futile illusion and the obsessive quest of trying to catch and know his unknow able self. Dramatically, this quest takes the form of a secret to be ferreted...
...arsenal of spaceships and celestial storms, Spielberg seems to be looking at everything onscreen as if for the first time. The freshness of his vision is contagious?and exhilarating. While most thrillers, including Jaws, manipulate the audience mechanically, Close Encounters makes it a partner in the film maker's quest for excitement...
...Land of the War Canoes" is amazing because Curtis was able to direct members of the Kwakiutl tribe in Vancouver, B.C., to re-enact the story of a quest for a vision and its results in the time before the Indians had been assimilated into white culture. From the anthropological standpoint this film is invaluable. From the cinematic stabdpoint, the framing, lighting, and composition are every bit as classic as the stills of the period which Curtis is more famous for. The film has the added excitement of light and water leaks apparently left from the original footage...