Word: reeling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard then proceeded to reel off three consecutive decisive wins to come within two points of the Tigers, 12-14. Colin Mangrum took a 7-1 decision, Mark Faller won, 12-5, and sophomore Richie Starr dominated his opponent for an 8-1 victory...
...Tower of Babel is another story high, thanks to the fledgling audio cassette industry. No longer content to simply reel out taped renditions of a Rolling Stones goldie or a Bing Crosby oldie, the new versions of the handy cassettes are sounding out on everything from money management to marriage counseling, evangelical sermons to menopausal symptoms...
...film carry on at that level would be to risk irrelevance, and so, in its last reel, Soldier Blue goes liberal on us. Candice and her friend eventually make it to the fort, where everyone is poised to attack the Cheyenne village where Candice had been holing up for the past two years. Both Bergen and Strauss are incapable of halting the madness. The film turns into a bloodbath as a crazy, half-drunken major directs the inevitable massacre. Not only do his men slaughter the village chief when he approaches them with an American flag and treaty papers...
...least I can claim for myself the partial victory that lies in honesty. I can refuse to applaud Soldier Blue and, by so doing, refuse to applaud my impotent understanding of the need for revolution. For the killing doesn't stop with Nelson's final reel. It continues and it would be criminal for me to pretend otherwise. I may not be able to end the murder in this world, but at least I can force myself to recognize its ongoing existence. Applauding Nelson's film only permits me to pretend that the battle has been...
Racer's Edge. P. & T. charges a big-city station up to $25,000 for a "customized concept" and reel of round-the-clock jingles. A tiny coffeepot of a station that does not require the Moog Synthesizer or fancy arrangements may get its custom image for as little as $690, or perhaps a combination of cash and commercial time. P. & T. gets reimbursed by reselling those commercial minutes to such spot clients as Orkin pest control, Safeway supermarkets, or STP ("is the racer's edge...