Word: rustication
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lincoln High's Railsplitters--Abe's rustic nickname is grotesque in this concrete waste--are city champs coming into the 1991 season. Their best players are returning as seniors: Russell, a guard who emerges, coldly intent, to take over games; Tchaka, a wonderfully athletic 2-m power forward; and Corey, only 1.85 m but spectacularly quick and a great dunker. Coming up in his first year at the school is a supernatural shooter named Stephon. With this sort of talent, the question isn't whether Lincoln will dominate its league again; the question is whether the three seniors, and Stephon...
Lincoln High's Railsplitters -- Abe's rustic nickname is grotesque in this concrete waste -- are city champs coming into the 1991 season. Their best players are returning as seniors: Russell, a guard who emerges, coldly intent, to take over games; Tchaka, a wonderfully athletic 6-ft. 7-in. power forward; and Corey, only 6 ft. 1 in. but spectacularly quick and a great dunker. Coming up as a freshman is a supernatural shooter named Stephon. With this sort of talent, the question isn't whether Lincoln will dominate its league again; the question is whether the three seniors, and Stephon...
...where the tourist buses don't go, down the rustic road far past John Belushi's grave and Jackie O's sprawling compound, lie the tribal lands of the Wampanoags...
...hand it to the resolutely rustic citizens of Vermont: they know how to bend outsiders to their will. Outraged by the thought of Wal-Mart megastores sprouting among their sugar maples and dainty shops (Ye Olde Wal- Marte?), antigrowth protesters have repeatedly fought off America's No. 1 retailer and made their state the only one in the country to remain Wal-Mart free...
...Like It tells the story of various disgruntled courtiers who flee to the mysterious Forest of Arden, some in voluntary, some in forced exile. The rustic life stands in sharp contrast to the luxury of the court; hardcore culture clash ensues. Against this background, Shakespeare relates three romances, at the level of nobility, attendants, and peasants, to indicate the essential kinship of all men. But Stratford's little boy doesn't paint a universally pleasant picture: some of Shakespeare's gloomiest assessments of humanity and its condition appear in As You Like It. This play gave us "All the world...