Word: sit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much of the medieval mood depended on lighting. The architect of Hilles, however, has reversed the ancient contract between the dim interior and the brilliantly sunlit yard by over-lighting the building and darkening the windows. There is no reason why Cliffies should sit in medieval obscurity, but the fluorescent lighting is so even and so intense, and the light sources so well concealed behind honeycomb lenses that there is no direction to the light, no modulation...
Actor-Dancer Gene Kelly says smoothly, "I've played many roles before the camera. I've been a soldier, a gambler, and even a major-league baseball player. I know I could play the role of a Governor but that I could never really sit in his chair and make decisions affecting the education of millions of children." And Bonanza's Hoss, alias Dan Blocker, tells the folks: "I earn my living in front of a camera-pretending to be somebody I'm not. But one of my colleagues is having trouble separating fantasy from reality...
After all, no string player invests roughly 20 years and $25,000 for training to sit in the hundred-headed obscurity of a symphony orchestra. In his heart, if not in the ear of his audience, he is a full-fledged virtuoso who, says Los Angeles Symphony Conductor Zubin Mehta, "joins a symphony only as a last resort, and then is frustrated." On the campus, however, he can assume the stature of a soloist, play largely what he wants (musicians' tastes rarely agree with those of a symphony audience) the way he wants to (instead of having interpretations dictated...
...misfortune of losing its quarterback in the first quarter and the ball in every quarter. The Elis fumbled 10 times, five of which were recovered by Rutgers. Worse, sophomore quarterback Brian Dowling suffered a severe leg cramp late in the first period of play and was forced to sit out the remainder of the game. Dowling is expected to be ready for this Saturday's game against a weak Brown team...
...each urban center should be able to serve many of the diverse needs of a substantial segment of the urban population, something on the order of 100,000 people. In such a center, citizens should be able to find employment, purchase goods, further their education, rent housing, play games, sit in the sun, attend concerts...