Word: supermans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...level of mere mortals, because of his three-carry, two-yard game against Holy Cross last week, a game he suited up for in spite of an ankle injury. Before that, Elias was already being fitted for the blue spandex suit and red cape. Check out these Superman-ly, pre-Holy Cross statistics...
...most striking displays of Warhol's work is 10 images of popular characters from a 1981 portfolio entitled Myths. On one wall hang pictures of Mickey Mouse, Howdy Doody, Santa Claus, Greta Garbo, Dracula, Superman, Uncle Sam, the Wicked Witch of the West, Mammy and a self portrait called The Shadow. With this series, Warhol has drawn attention to Hollywood's ability to create icons that the entire country recognizes...
...combined with the sound of Hawking's voice synthesizer, reinforces our sense of his isolation and immobility and the idea that we are in the presence of pure, disembodied thought, a little like that which George Bernard Shaw imagined as the end of evolution in his play Man and Superman. That the metaphorical richness of this hypnotic movie has been accomplished by such simple means is a mark of its excellence...
...Clinton's defense, it must be said that Arkansas is peculiarly difficult to lead. It has long ranked near the bottom, if not dead last, among all 50 states in most measures of material and social well-being; so many things needed improvement that only Superman could have accomplished them all at once. And the state constitution ensures that no Governor will ever resemble Superman. The chief executive's powers are strictly limited by a weak veto. To get anything positive accomplished, he must win the consent of an often balky legislature and entrenched industries that are frequently intransigent...
...second place behind Healey was All-Big Five Pennsylvania superman Paul Chambers, with a 6.1 apg average...