Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because it sometimes contains dead animals, amber was strongly associated with death in ancient times. "It was believed to serve as a ray of light for the dead person in the afterlife," says Faya Causey, a historian of ancient art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Many of the amber figurines carved during the classical period relate either to death or to fertility and rejuvenation. Amber may have been used by Egyptians in the mummification process, possibly because it is a powerful desiccant, or drying agent. It was also valued as a medicine. According to Pliny the Elder...
...makes it that much more exciting when you come back out to practice," says Ray, who is Rankin's roommate in Leverett House. "You don't take it for granted anymore...
...teammates of mine--[senior Mike] Gilmore and Ray--we want to finish what we started," Rankin says. "I love my team...it just makes it worth-while to see the team jell...
...Christian pop concert tickets and record sales generated between $750 million and $900 million in revenues last year. Fans are young and old; many are religious, but some just like the music. "There's more money and better distribution than there was two or three years ago," says Billy Ray Hearn, chairman and CEO of EMI Christian Music Group. "We're reaching more audiences through mass marketing at Wal-Marts and K Marts...
...emotionally explicit enough, the dewy score is always there to tell you what to feel. The film is symptomatic of a Hollywood that has forgotten subtlety. The comedies are gross, the thrillers sadistic, the dramas moral tales for preschoolers. At least Mr. Holland gives you some good music (Gershwin, Ray Charles, three Beethoven symphonies) to hum along with while you cry. It's a greatest-hits album, with Kleenex...