Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yillin, China's deputy prime minister and head of its State Planning Commission, announced Saturday that China will sharply cut government spending and respond to supply and demand in planning its economy, aiming at gradual gains rather than the "quick results," sought under previous programs...
...Crimson rolled into Philly somewhat tired from their thumping of the Tigers the night before. After taking a quick two games at Princeton, Harvard stumbled in the third frame, 15-6, and fell behind in the fourth game...
McKellen, who comes from "a comfortable, comforting, loving family" in Britain's industrial North, departed Cambridge with a penchant for theatrical excess that earned him quick notice and a few severe warnings. One reviewer called him "a show-off," and McKellen took the criticism to heart. He started his own troupe, the Actors' Company, in part to counter this "tendency to act in an overly individual way." Later he accepted Nunn's repeated invitations to join the R.S.C., where he further modulated his gifts and moderated his flamboyance. Says Nunn: "I think Ian matured, and his presence...
Whiston played an uneven first period. He looked quick making saves, but had problems actually tending the goal--stopping and directing loose pucks, playing to his defensemen and staying in control of the game...
SOMEWHERE, buried deep within Nastassia Kinski, is an actress. Unfortunately, she doesn't emerge in Tess. As Hardy's "pure woman." Kinski shows flashes of genuine expertise. She makes running a hand through her hair a profound expression of violently contradictory emotions; her quick, reluctant smile exudes poignancy. Physically, she is the perfect realization of Polanski's idea of "provocative beauty." Her full lips suggest a smoldering sensuality, undetectable in those Bambi-esque eyes. Even the tiny scar on her left cheek seems to heighten her beauty, like Gene Tierney's over-bite. The trouble with Kinski is her voice...