Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bright Center magic which has propelled Harvard to a 23-game home unbeaten streak doesn't seem limited to the Crimson icemen; in Boston College's three "home" games at Bright this year, the Eagles are a perfect...
...OTHER SIDE of the tally, however, is Lydia Bruce's key performance as Bessie. Her Machiavellian machinations to keep her family in line seem to have no motivation other than sheer perfidy, and when she does try to explain herself all she does is whine. One problem right off the bat is the Jewish dialect which seems like an alien tongue to most of the actors, as they try to wrap their mouths around convoluted phrases like "So bad I never imagined you could be!" One small complaint, only for purists, is that there is not one single Yiddish word...
...last four weeks at Killington's annual skifest. Sponsored by Miller Lite and Chevrolet, the festival has everything from skier obstacle course races to '60s and '70s revival parties. And, whether or not there's anything from the '70s that deserves to be revived, the kids seem to have fun, to drink a lot of beer and to ski a little on the side...
True, most Americans seem to believe that life in this country is better than in the Soviet Union because we live under a constitutional, democratic government. But how often does this distinction emerge from the abstract to become a part of daily life? How many Americans ever really test the Constitution by making controversial statements or protesting the status quo? How many exercise freedom of expression by saying or doing things that might be restricted under a different form of government...
...anyone but the central figures, and perhaps for them as well, mixed emotions are the only kind that seem fitting to bring to the New Jersey courtroom where a landmark case involving custody of a 9 1/2-month-old infant is being heard. Mary Beth Whitehead thought she knew herself in 1985, when she contracted, as a surrogate mother, to bear a child for William and Elizabeth Stern. But her certainties crumbled when she gave birth last March to the girl she calls Sara, the Sterns call Melissa and court papers call Baby M. In hours of emotional testimony last week, Whitehead...