Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clock wound down. With three minutes remaining, Harvard began to march down the field. Runners made sharp cuts and wore for good yardage. The quarterback began hitting receivers in full stride, almost at will. With ten seconds left and 11 yards to go for the winning touchdown, the team in the gold pants and crimson jerseys finally scored. A quick pass over the middle hit a linebacker's helmet and fell into the hands of an end, sprawled on the ground with a pulled hamstring muscle...
...CIRCUMSTANCES surrounding the MOVE shoot-out throw an interesting light on racial conflict in America's cities. They illustrate how what appears on the surface to be a racial conflict actually goes much deeper and ultimately rests on sharp class divisions in our society today. To understand this, one must know a little about MOVE's ideology. First and foremost, the group opposes technology. Its members reportedly eat only raw meat, rarely take baths, raise rats and dozens of dogs. MOVE members refuse to use modern plumbing. They hate cars, airplanes, consumer markets and anything else that is a product...
Larry Brown looks as sharp as ever at quarterback, there's a herd of offensive backs all set to make some divots, and the receiver corps of Paul Sablock-John MacLeod-Rich Horner has done nothing but impress...
...Kemp changed things at that point, and the ballgame boiled down to a pitcher's duel. Boston's Stanley and Detroit's Steve Baker both looked sharp out of the bullpen, so the outcome hinged on which of the two would falter first...
...spectacular panorama after another: snowy plains aglow in the blue light of a winter moon, wheatfields shimmering under a burnt autumn sun, expansive skies carpeted with cumulus clouds. There is enough beauty here for a dozen movies; yet the total effect is far from pretty. Slowly but surely the sharp images carve away at the audience's guts...