Word: snatched
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CANDACE BROOK, as Eurydice, tends to purse her lips into a little pout when she's not talking--as though keeping still annoys her. She portrays a charming wife, whose dialogue compensates for her insipidity. Admittedly, there's not much time in this snatch of a story for nuance in personalities. Perhaps that's why the comic characters come off best--they each have a bundle of idiosyncrasies to lean on. Heurtebise, clad in blue overalls, shuffles around in a loose-ankled, slightly pigeon-toed walk, with his hands clasped tightly against his waist. The unworldly astonishment never fades from...
...also offers a wide view of the present state of photographic art. Included are works from established names, such as Robert Frank and Lee Freidlander and from the less well-known but increasingly important photographers such as Nancy Rexroth. Despite important differences in method and sensibility, all strive to snatch meaningful fragments of modern life. Quickly seen and quickly taken, the snapshot is a glimpse of a fast-moving society. It represents a new approach to reality in that it does not separate the main focus of attention from its context. A different form of artistic decision making is involved...
Crimson hockey fans witnessed two separate games. The first 56:48 consisted of the most tedious and sloppiest hockey that Harvard has played all year. The final 3:12 saw an incredible Crimson charge that overcame a 2-0 deflict to snatch away from an inspired Eh squad what would have been the biggest upset in the ECAC this year...
Whether the freestyle relay can snatch yet another victory in the closing laps of the meet will depend on how well the team can compensate for the absences of tri-captain Nancy Sato and junior Kyle Patterson, Coach Alice McCabe said yesterday...
...result: the average price of gasoline, heating oil and other petroleum products would rise by about 100 per gal. Oil companies would reap huge additional gross profits, but Ford proposes to snatch them away by imposing a "windfall-profits tax," that, combined with regular taxes, would pull in $12 billion this year...