Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...notorious "pre-med row" of the Cabot Library basement, a subgenre of gripe-graffiti has evolved. The subject-matter varies little in its scope, though the final form can be more biting than run-of-the-mill graffiti...
Spielberg and flunky Chris Columbus--who also wrote Gremlins and Goonies (see accompanying story)--have not expanded the modest vision of past Holmes films and the original Doyle stories to fill the epic scope required for Spielberg mega-effects. They have stomped all over the original, creating not a Holmes aided by millions in props and special effects, but a Holmes pulverized by orgasmic Spielbergisms that make anything the hero does seem thoroughly boring...
...stories in Restoring the Earth are salutory and gripping. Berger's choice of fascinating topics carries him through a long series of disconnected vignettes even when the needlessly idolizes his subjects. While he only begins to explore the scope of the project he has taken as the title of his book, Berger does describe the first steps of a daunting but indispensible task...
...confess I am at a loss for a collegiate tack of equal scope and vision....I hope that, in view of our long-standing friendship despite disagreement, you will not be offended by my imitation. It is, after all, a kind of tribute...
...revealed the scope of his ambition last month when he announced plans to merge his TV stations into a video conglomerate to be called Fox Inc. The company will have three divisions: the 20th Century-Fox film studio, a Fox station group comprising Murdoch's own six outlets and a Fox television network to sell programming to independent operators not affiliated with ABC, CBS or NBC. To clinch the deal Murdoch still needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission for his purchase of the TV stations. The agency's vote, scheduled for last week, was postponed because of protests from...