Word: slews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explains his notion of textual lightness, for example, with the story of how Perseus slew the Medusa. In Calvino's allegory, the Medusa, whose gaze turns men to stone, freezes language with paralyzing weight. Perseus destroys the Medusa with lightness: he flies above her, and he only looks at her indirectly, in the mirror of his shield. Indirection and change are as important to Calvino's lightness as the subtraction of weight...
...addition to a slew of new players, the squad returns several key veterans which gives the squad such bright optimism...
...slew of Crimson power plays went for nought...
...much faith, either in a Constitution which could allow such deeds to go unpunished, or in a citizenry which could allow such deeds to be repeated. As slowly as the wheels of justice may turn, turn they must. the indictments are long overdue. And if they result in a slew of convictions, who is a president to say otherwise...
...addition to the impressive slew of team awards the Crimson earned this season, many of the racquetwomen also garnered individual honors...