Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eloquent symphonies of Sir Edward Elgar, for example, are works whose depth of expression rivals Brahms' more famous essays in the form. Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, the finest string-orchestra piece of the century, reaches back for inspiration to the English Renaissance, achieving a spiritual serenity rare in this age of anxiety. Gustav Hoist's The Planets is a superbly effective orchestral showpiece. And two of Benjamin Britten's major operas, Peter Grimes and Death in Venice, belong on any list of the most important modern music dramas...
Junior Eric Schuler followed Jelley across the finish line, taking 31st place in his fastest time this season, and junior Ralph Smith, whose unusual running style constantly amazes his career best...
...Virginia. U.Va's great advantage is Ralph Sampson. Its great disadvantage is his supporting cast. Sampson, you will remeber, is the 7-ft. 4-in center that NBC commentator Al McGuire will tell you 10 or 20 times a game is the "Player of the Century." Unfortunately for Cavalier Coach Terry Holland, the loss of Jeff Lamp and Lee Raker ro graduation means that opposing teams will be able to put a lot more pressure on Sampson. No matter haw good he really is, the big guy won't be able to do wonders when he is triple-teamed around...
...Ralph Towner and John Abercromble--Jonathan Swift...
...Sean Connery). It misuses Holm's talents, underuses Cleese's and doesn't use Connery at all-there's no way to turn him into a figure of antic misanthropy. The film finally regains its footing, with the supernal battle between a dithery Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson) and a technocratic Evil Genius (David Warner) who has his own ideas about creating the world ("I would have started with lasers, 8 o'clock on Day One!"). But by then it has forfeited any residue of good feeling. Who can care about six dwarfs when they...