Word: simmered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BEST SCENES in It's My Turn simmer quietly with tension, brilliantly capturing the awkwardness that pervades ordinary encounters. This basically banal film speaks most eloquently when it says nothing. Its characters are often only vaguely aware of each other's existence. Just about every conversation is a failed opportunity. Even when lovers dance, their steps aren't graceful...
ISLANDERS vs. LOS ANGELES: In an attempt to reverse the pattern of the past few years, the Islanders suffered through a mediocre season in hopes of saving their best hockey for the play-offs. Dionne, Simmer and Taylor are still imposing, but psyched New Yorkers, helped by Butch Gorings and unloading Billy Harris, will guillotine Kings in three...
...senior Faculty member, the "most unassailable" choice. Virtually unknown in the College, in his two and-a-half years as dean of the Law School, Bok had acquired a reputation as peacemaker and diplomat. While other parts of the University boiled over, Bok had kept the Law School on simmer. While Pusey had called the cops to break up the occupation of University Hall, Bok had pursued the opposite tack. When a group of protesters held an all-night "study in" at the Law School's library, Bok ordered coffee and doughnuts and thanked the students for "coming to show...