Word: spectacular
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second Terrier tally took the life out of Harvard for the moment, with two spectacular exceptions...
...spite of its shortcomings, Beyond Belief is bound to attract attention and readers. And it does perform at least one service. For the murder buff and the amateur psychiatrist, it supplies the details of a spectacular crime, saving them the cumbersome job of digging into the court files or old newspaper clippings...
...SSTs would actually provide a visual dividend. Ionization of the air in front of the planes would produce a corona discharge that would be seen as a bright blue glow in the dark. "When supersonic traffic gets heavy," says Cahn, "this could provide observers on the ground with a spectacular view at night...
Diefenbaker gradually squandered his spectacular mandate, and in April, 1963, Pearson squeezed into power with a near-majority in the House of Commons. But to say that Pearson had won would be an exaggeration. His campaign, fought mainly on the issue of U.S. nuclear arms for Canadian bases (Pearson was for them), proceeded from inanity to embarrassment in a bizarre adaption of American public relations techniques...
...Frankfurt Opera. It was a lusty performance that emphasized the low-life origins of the heroine (who in the Dumas novel went from waif to courtesan to wreck within eight years). Silja contributed considerably to that characterization with a tense, far-ranging voice (31 octaves) and a spectacular stage presence that can flash with the music's mood from tigress to tragedienne. The ultimate tribute to the Silja Traviata was apparent immediately after each performance; at the Frankfurt Opera Restaurant young girls startled their escorts by unconsciously adopting the Silja stance and mannerisms, enraptured with the emotion...