Word: spectacularly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sophomore captain Laura Stearns was the A Division skipper, with classmate Jenny Heath handling duties on her crew. The duo was steady, if not spectacular, garnering eight top-five finishes and never coming in lower than 10th in the two-day event...
...previously unknown predator. It was a 27-ft.-long monster similar in size to the North American Allosaurus but far leaner and presumably quicker as well; the scientists named it Deltadromeus agilis, or "agile delta runner." A few days later, Sereno came up with an even more spectacular find: the skull of another meat eater whose head, at least, was a shade bigger than that of the 45-ft.-long Tyrannosaurus rex, traditionally considered the largest predator ever to have walked the earth...
They don't construct thrillers anymore, they deconstruct them. That is to say, they reduce them to a succession of spectacular set pieces either so familiar that they require no explanation or so spectacular that they momentarily overwhelm disbelief. It's as if they were making a musical that was all production numbers, no book; or an infinite trailer that is all effects, no affect...
Already storm chasers like Davies-Jones have acquired a deeper understanding of the spectacular springtime storms that produce the most violent tornadoes. They have played a crucial role in developing a new type of radar that can peer through the darkest clouds and detect areas of rapid rotation as much as half an hour before a twister touches down. And now--thanks to an unprecedented data-gathering effort known as VORTEX (short for Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment)--these daredevils of meteorology are beginning to provide fresh insight into the long-standing mystery of what...
...Boston Ballet has a fabulous reputation, and a well-deserved one at that. Its dancers hail from all over the world. The costumes in its productions are nothing short of spectacular. Even the Wang Center itself is a magnificent building--one could stare for hours at the ceiling alone and still not witness all of its glorious details...