Word: shadows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There's another statistic that's been hiding in the shadow of the big 59 in the Crimson goals-scored column. The number is 19--the number of tallies the Harvard defense has allowed in nine games this season...
...other was the country's growing confidence. For decades, the national debate has been dominated by two uncertainties: economic and cultural survival in the shadow of the southern neighbor, and political survival as a bilingual confederation. Both challenges pushed the country into prolonged and often painful bouts of introspection. Mulroney's greatest accomplishment may well be to preside over the waning of an era of self-doubt...
That show has never taken place and never will. This one is, so to speak, its Platonic shadow. In the Renaissance-to-rococo section installed at the National Gallery, the spread and mutation of the pastoral after 1500 is shown by reflection, in prints, copies, preliminary drawings and the work of school artists. With a few exceptions, not until we get into modern times (at the Phillips) do we see the stream of pastoral imagery embodied in works that give it the fullest aesthetic definition...
...remembering Kennedy on the day he was slain, rather than on the anniversary of his birth, his memory becomes jaundiced. No matter how much attention is paid to his achievements in public life, these accomplishments seem less significant when viewed in the ominous shadow of his assasination. It is like watching a play of his life with a chorus sitting in the rear of the stage whispering "if only he had lived, if only he had lived..." Unfortunately, Kennedy's death, now a national obsession, has become the most memorable accomplishment of his life...
...proves a difficult year for these teenagers and their families, both of which have enough problems without the additional shadow of the Vietnam War. The movie pits the passions of the '60s love and drug culture against the conventions of small-town America, the obligatory collegiate life of demonstration against the rigid demands of a fearful but patriotic older generation. Within the families, though, Scott must deal with a stern, unfeeling father (Bruce Dern) and a disenchanted, prayerful mother (Mariette Hartley), while Ralph must deal with his own widowed mother (Joanna Cassidy...