Word: thousands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They show movies here too--a thousand or so for every conceivable taste. As an actor who tests himself spiritually as well as physically with every role, you would have appreciated Alain Cavalier's Therese, the austere yet accessible biography of St. Therese Martin. As the auteur of Staying Alive, you would have been impressed by the cinematic virtuosity of Andrei Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice, an end-of-the-world antidrama in which all the excitement is in the composition of images, the balletry of actors and camera, the surprise of lighting, the big crazy fire at the climax...
With 2000 signatures collected in favor of divestment and well over a thousand in support of the Open University, shanties are, on the contrary, serving as a valuable physical focus for the struggle for divestiture. Several rallies of hundreds of students, a one day blockade of the Office of the Harvard Corporation, and much education on South Africa and divestment has taken place. Most importantly, the Open University has been the center of a community of thought and discussion with professors such as Orlando Patterson, Stanley Hoffman, T.J. Clarke, and Diana Eck giving special public lectures, and section leaders...
...told him through a translator how grateful she was for the work he had put into the movie. Bonner wondered if Actress Glenda Jackson, who played her in the film, was there. Told no, Bonner offered the ultimate compliment. "I like her very much," said Bonner. "She's a thousand times better than...
...Eight thousand of the SAT booklets distributed on Saturday had two pages blank. While the pages were part of an experimental section that had no bearing on the scores, many students were instructed to leave by their proctors after completing two hours' worth of the test...
...dipping again into the undergraduate world, at the cost of just a few thousand dollars, Radcliffe might be able to position itself for a revitalization of student interest in the institution...