Word: spheres
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vikings, the Pioneers, the Voyagers--were limousine ships packed with dozens of scientific instruments and countless backup systems. On the surface, of course, this made sense. "If you've never been to Jupiter or Saturn before," says Golombek, "you want a whole bunch of instruments to cover the sphere of what you want to know...
Beneath the Two-Headed Girl's intricate social sphere lies her even murkier "inner life." This is the purview of Purple Moon's second line of games, Secret Paths. The debut title, Secret Paths in the Forest, is a gorgeously illustrated adventure game whose players take soul-baring journeys that are essentially preteen female versions of Robert Bly. The game begins with girls gathering in a tree house to talk Issues: one girl doesn't think she's pretty enough, another isn't getting along with her siblings, and so on. Purple Moon misses no chance to add layers...
When Remus receives her diploma tomorrow, marking her honors degree in East Asian Studies, her Harvard experience will be finished. Like many athletes, Dana has divided her Harvard years into two spheres: academic and athletic. She will eventually continue her academic sphere by pursuing a graduate degree in Chinese history...
...move this talent from backwoods clubs to big name arenas requires a business sense as well as a musical one, and in this sphere Jones is equally adept...
...Sara Jane Moore; Sam Byck, who plotted to kill Nixon; and John Hinckley, who shot Ronald Reagan. The time gap separating each of the assassinations (or attempted assassinations) is given no heed: placing these disparate events side by side allows them to interact in a kind of fantastic sphere that brilliantly emphasizes the assassin mindset...