Word: scene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sight of the fans and boosters, college basketball presents a sometimes sordid, often tragic scene of young men -- some even functionally illiterate or learning disabled -- trying desperately to keep up with their work. Some, unable to read an exam, must be read the questions aloud and respond with oral answers. Some were wooed by recruiters who could not make good on promises of tutors and extra study time. And some have found themselves befriended by unscrupulous agents and professional gamblers...
...days after Heidi opened on Broadway, Wendy's parents Lola and Morris Wasserstein were asked about their youngest daughter, the successful playwright. Much of the conversation sounded like a leftover scene from Isn't It Romantic. "We're very proud," said Lola, who even in her 70s takes four dance classes a day. "But there's a vacuum," added Morris, a prosperous Manhattan businessman. "Where's the children? Where's the husband?" Here Lola broke in, "Normally, I'm the one to say that. But today I'm on good behavior." A few moments later, the Wassersteins were asked...
...drinking? People would nod approvingly as they pushed their carts through supermarkets. The fruits and vegetables were piled high in glistening mounds, the pristine boxes and shiny cans crammed on shelves, the chickens sitting plumply in refrigerated cases, and the fish shimmering on crystalline beds of ice. The entire scene seemed drenched in wholesomeness...
...services in recent years, their populations have been ebbing for decades. The decline began as farms started mechanizing and becoming less labor intensive. Says John Keller, a professor of regional and community planning at Kansas State: "Many of these communities peaked in 1890. This has been the longest deathbed scene in history." Many towns tried to diversify in postwar years by attracting industry, especially low-paying light-manufacturing businesses. Many of those jobs, however, were eventually lost to even lower-wage foreign suppliers, especially during the run-up in value of the U.S. dollar in the early 1980s. During this...
...American Scene...