Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American correspondents in Russia, bugging their guarded compounds and occasionally trying to set them up in compromising circumstances with a photographer nearby. The Soviets limit the number of correspondents who speak Russian, and they enforce quirky rules (no photos of bridges, ports, railway junctions, men in uniform, police stations or military installations are allowed...
...Smith, who a year ago defaulted from this tourney because of an injury, the triumph was her biggest win in a Harvard uniform...
...though not sufficiently stirring performance as Davenport. Clad in military khakis and MacArthur-style mirror sunglasses, Rollins is appropriately impressive as the figure who inspires both white hostility and the mixed emotions of the Black soldiers who have never before seen one of their own in an officer's uniform. While the intensity builds well for the first hour, the climactic scenes just do not deliver the expected emotional payoff. After having maintained a tough and professional presence throughout his investigation, Rollins breaks down as he recognizes the true horror of the murder-but the audience can't share...
...masters benefit from having residents who want to live in the House, who specifically applied, he says. And the fact that there were uniform quotas for certain characteristics prevented the Houses from becoming entirely homogenous For example, administrators remember, there could only be a certain number of truly "preppie" people in a given House...
Success seems not to have spoiled the Trivial Trio; it has only increased their obsession with the money monster they created. Like proud parents with baby pictures, they push morsels of arcana on their visitors. "Who is the only U.S. President to have worn a Nazi uniform?" asks Chris Haney with an anarchic chortle. (Their answer: Ronald Reagan, in the 1942 movie Desperate Journey.) Then they turn back to their work, the Haneys calling out sample questions they have researched in advance, and Abbott, perched at the keyboard of a small computer, tinkering with the wording...