Word: strung
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WHADDYA MEAN, HIGH-STRUNG...
...toys with the play as well, dropping entire characters (no Fortinbras), tossing in home movies of Hamlet and his father, and setting the early scenes at a swank big-band dance party. The conceit soon loses steam, however, leaving us with a fairly straightforward reading, sparked by the high-strung Hamlet of Alex Jennings...
...took for granted that real dancers soared through the air--that caught on, becoming the cornerstone of postwar modern dance. Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris--all are Graham's children and grandchildren. (Taylor and Cunningham even danced in her company, though they later repudiated her high-strung style.) Her methods are routinely taught today in studios the world over, but you need not have studied them or even have seen any of her dances to be influenced by them. They are part of the air every contemporary dancer breathes...
Fullerton strung together the rally that chased Vail in the second, getting four straight RBI base knocks from catcherDavid Trentine, second baseman David Bacani,centerfielder Reed Johnson and designated hitterGreg Jacobs, who finished 3-for-4 with three RBIand his sixth homer of the season. The four-spotput the Titans ahead for good...
...Brooklyn Bridge. Each of the towers, taller than a 90-story building, is equipped with 20 vibration-control devices; if winds make the structure sway, pendulums tug the towers back. The bridge is designed to withstand earthquakes as powerful as 8.0 on the Richter scale and is strung with enough steel cable to circle the globe seven times...