Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This tension between the broad sweep of history and the minutiae perceived by individuals caught in its rush keeps Persian Nights holding steady, well above the level of conventional romance. In lesser hands, the novel could easily have been called something like A Doctor's Wayward Wife in Iran, and been far more marketable in the bargain. But Johnson, 52, an English professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a collaborator with Stanley Kubrick on the screenplay of The Shining, has found a middle ground between sensationalism and high seriousness. Chloe Fowler's good intentions provide a fascinating vantage...
...made the last comeback. After a final rush down the pool, the visitors scored with 21 ticks left on the clock to forge the tie. Volleyball...
Meanwhile, houses will sponsor tours and parties designed to recruit the "right types" of people. Then, after Harvard's peculiar version of fraternity rush closes, freshmen will play the numbers, attempting to select the ideal house to which their lottery numbers will permit entry. Not until the day before spring break will screams of anguish and joy emanate from the Yard, as freshmen finally learn where they will spend their next three years...
Today's game means nothing. One team could throw 10 touchdown passes. The other could rush for over 500 yards...
...circuits are overloaded," Mrs. Reagan told a friend. The President could not deal with the rush of events in which his staff members, normally his shield, became adversaries in their unsightly scramble for cover. His ignorance about the issues, his inability to focus on complexity, to sort out chronology, and his shock at the sudden loss of popular affection produced a kind of stupor...