Word: twisting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some twist of lacrosse logic, the Crimson was given home field advantage for this contest even though Navy--the number seven ranked team in the nation--finished three places higher than Harvard in national polls...
...legal wrangle was an ironic backstage twist for TV's savviest courtroom drama. Among its substantial achievements, L.A. Law has brought TV lawyers into the '80s; the firm of McKenzie, Brackman is the first to deal with the whole gamut of cases that preoccupy America's litigious society, from sensational rape trials to mundane contract disputes. Unlike the Perry Masons and Owen Marshalls of TV's earlier days, these lawyers worry about salaries, office politics and off-hours relationships, like the steamy romance between Van Owen (Susan Dey) and Kuzak (Harry Hamlin). Sometimes they even lose cases...
November brings Oliver and Company, a dog-and-cat, Oliver Twist-inspired musical set in New York City. The animals speak with the voices of such stars as Billy Joel, who plays a jivy artful dodger (sample line: "Consider it a free lesson in street savoir faire from New York's coolest quadruped"), and Cheech Marin, who plays a Chihuahua named Tito. Says George Scribner, the film's director: "We don't write down to children. They're generally way ahead...
...strange twist, the Baltimore Orioles are watching a Little League game in order to learn how baseball is played...
...particular, concentrators say they have trouble finding advisiors for non-empirical thesis topics. They add that "think pieces," which focus on theory, are less likely to be accepted as thesis material. As a result, some concentrators say, students find themselves having to put an empirical twist on a theoretical subject...