Word: sweets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...double dialectic of the scientist:the external one between subject and object. and the internal one between ideas and hypotheses. She is, in effect, our tourguide--herding us past centrifuges, culture rooms, refrigerators, through a forest of pipettes, beakers and flasks and all the time trying to make the sweet smell of ethanol and the simple beauty of a petri dish come to life. Part observer part nuisance part cheerleader. Goodfield's mission is to describe the complex psychology of creative thinking...
...expresses both the juicy effluence of hoary ham acting and the quizzical underplaying of the Method. His Merlin is also a perfect avatar of the sorcerer behind the camera. Love Excalibur or hate it, but give Boorman credit for the loopy grandeur of his imagery and imaginings, for the sweet smell of excess, for his heroic gamble that a movie can dare to trip over its pretensions- and still fly. -By Richard Corliss
Spearheaded by five goals from Francesca Den Hartog, the Harvard women's lacrosse team tasted the sweet fruits of revenge in New Jersey Saturday, avenging last year's 7-6 NCAA tournament low to Princeton with a 12-6 romp over the Tigers...
...Weller falters, Danny Bowles will likely play center, although Nahigian prefers him starting in right. Bowles, a lefty swinger with a sweet stroke, is a fine hitter and a good fielder--his arm may be the best on the club. His only question-mark may be an ability to hit lefties, but only because he has not seen many. Bowles in right will be a Crimson strength...
...Joyce Gary's The Horse's Mouth. Generous praise greeted his second novel, Leo & Theodore, a picaresque about the bawdy adventures of Siamese twins growing up near Lake Erie, the author's home turf. This book and its sequel, The Drunks, were revised and republished as Sweet Adversity...