Word: spanned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emerges from his endless version of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles with a sense that one could have read the book in a shorter span and had more fun too. There is no question that Polanski's images-with Brittany doubling for "Wessex"-are frequently striking. He does less well by Tess, the poor doomed girl who, forced to rise above her station by family ambition, is ruined by a rascally wastrel and then misunderstood by the prig to whom she gives her heart. Everyone the director sets to moving through Wessex clumps along...
...ruling has stirred up plenty of passion in London's tabloids. Wrote Marje Proops of the Daily Mirror: "Since each individual is unique I don't see how any judge can put a time span on love." Added Alix Palmer of the Daily Star: "It is a question which preys on the minds of a great many people, both male and female, married and single. It is very far from being just a giggle, although that is often the best attitude to take if the mathematics don't go your way." Daily Star readers, invited...
...offense responded nicely, scoring eight points in that span, bringing the team to within...
Most memorably, they battled at Boston Garden in a trilogy of Beanpot excitement. On Valentine's Day, 1977, Hughes--then a freshman--helped Harvard upset the Terriers after seven consecutive losses over a three-year span with a game-tying goal. On March 2, 1978, Craig kicked away 29 shots in a 7-1 laugher. And on February 5, 1979, the two met for the last time, B.U. bringing home a 4-2 victory on the way to its 11th Beanpot title...
...best images yet of that strange and wondrous world, a far-off realm in the solar system never before glimpsed with such glittering clarity. Said one scientist watching the incoming tide of images: "We have learned more about the Saturn system in the past week than in the entire span of recorded history...