Word: superealism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tyler falls in love with Otis's daughter Missy, who peels potatoes, molds jello and otherwise cooks for the camp. She like her father seeks to insulate herself from the outside world--at one point she says in trying on a potholder-mitten, "They're super super comfy. I wish I had a potholder for my whole body. You know, one that you could pull over your head..." Tyler, aggressive with her, has a surprisingly easy time breaking through her lining and they sleep together...
...scrimmage after the little bit of practice we'd had, I would have known we could win on super talent alone," Scalise said. "But we can't do that. A team concept must be developed. If we keep working, and learn to play together, we are going to be an excellent lacrosse team...
...Deputies (227 of 630) and Senators (116 of 315) abstain on key votes, thus lending implicit Communist support to unpopular government programs, including the stangata (sting)-the tough austerity measures that, among other things, have hiked the price of gasoline by 25% (bringing it to $2.25 a gal. for super) and increased postal, electric and telephone rates. Communist leaders argue that giving passive support to Andreotti is an important step toward the party's goal of participating officially with the Christian Democrats in the government, the historic compromise...
Despite the mistakes?the list also includes some imported prefab houses that were devoured by Amazon bugs, and a supposedly super dredging machine that got hopelessly mired in Amazon mud?the progress at Jari is extraordinary. So far, about 185,000 acres, an area more than ten times the size of Manhattan Island, have been cleared and planted with Caribbean pine and Gmelina. Viewed from the air, the new forest looks as thick and lush as the sections of old native jungle left uncut along the riverbanks. A wild array of undergrowth, burnt away in the initial clearing, quickly grows...
...Super Bowl comes but once every four years for network news divisions, and Election Night is it. To call or not to call is the question-first the states, then the presidential winner -and timing with accuracy is everything. It was precisely at 3:30 a.m. when NBC, taking a deep breath and one last look into the oracular recesses of its key precincts, declared that Jimmy Carter would capture an electoral college majority and be next President...