Word: stream
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perennial frustration of blacks in their attempts to rise above the playing field was crystallized by a 1987 ABC Nightline program on which then Dodger executive Campanis uttered a stream of chilling biases. "I don't believe it's prejudice," he said of a system that has entrusted just a handful of teams to a total of three black managers -- Frank Robinson, Larry Doby and Maury Wills -- retaining only Robinson in Baltimore at the moment. "They may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager or perhaps a general manager." That's when...
Reisz says the meetings "provide a cove in the midst of the stream of life where people can pull into and have a restful place to gain perspective with others who are also going through turmoil. It is a place of healing...
...France's Loire valley, many hoteliers close in the off-season because they work so hard during the peak. In Italy winter travelers may find themselves staying in smaller towns or private homes, at a vineyard, a farm, in flavorful places where the local economy survives without a constant stream of tour buses. For those seeking greater amenities, the grand hotels rarely shut and are more likely to have a room at a humane price...
...rococo section installed at the National Gallery, the spread and mutation of the pastoral after 1500 is shown by reflection, in prints, copies, preliminary drawings and the work of school artists. With a few exceptions, not until we get into modern times (at the Phillips) do we see the stream of pastoral imagery embodied in works that give it the fullest aesthetic definition...
...novel is an enveloping glimpse into the soul of a teenaged boy baffled by the effects of death on his mind and world. McElroy's drifting, almost careless stream of consciousness adds credence to his hero's words. The reader is drawn into the boy's mind, and follows his leaps from bemusement to reminiscence to stark realization of death's actuality. What began as an elegy for the father develops into a journal documenting the son's progression into maturity even as the letter progresses into wider and wider circles of society...