Word: shined
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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None of us can shine all the time, but now and then a nonpareil comes along who puts on a good show of inexhaustible radiance. America lost one such rare soul last week when James Merrill died of a heart attack at the age of 68. He was a novelist, an essayist and a playwright, but it's as a poet-the author of 11 volumes of verse, with a 12th forthcoming in March-that he made his ineradicable mark...
...conventional arias or ensembles, and the tenebrous music never fully breaks into song. Like Maeterlinck's poetry, the music is allusive rather than specific. Accordingly, most Pelleas productions take place in twilight or the dark; Sellars and set designer George Typsin have chosen to let the sun shine in. Instead of a vaguely medieval setting, the scene is a huge beach house constantly irradiated by the sunlight that glints off the ocean's waves. The gloom is gone, but the doom remains. To underscore the sickness of King Arkel's family, hospital beds have been placed in nearly every room...
...blistering solos, in songs like "Ants Marching" and "Tripping Billies" and Moore's flute solo in "Typical Situation" got the most applause of the night. Their performances showed that even though the band is named for him, Matthews does not hog the spotlight and lets his talented bandmates shine...
...mountain biking team sent representatives to three competitions over the fall semester where they races, rain or shine, across miles of cross-country terrain...
Goaltending: B+. Many expected junior Tripp Tracy to shine after the premature departure of Aaron Israel to the Philadelphia Flyers' ranks. He's done well, but only in the Bright Center against Brown (28 brilliant saves in a 4-1 win) has he sparkled as per his freshman year in Crimson colors...