Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wasn't satisfaction enough for DiBenedetto. Then, early this year, he heard from Hjordis Reichel, a Swedish woman living in California who had seen an "Unsolved Mysteries" show about Einhorn. She had relatives in the upper echelons of the Stockholm police. Call them, DiBenedetto said. It can't hurt...
...challenge of Beethoven's Concerto occurs in the first movement, where the notes span almost the entire range of the violin, rising to a D two octaves above the staff. As stated by the program, "This sort of exposed writing in the upper register is more indicative than anything else of what the solo part in this concerto is about." As the pitches began to stretch the bound of Human aural tolerability, one was truly thankful that it was in the hands of such an accomplished violinist. Mutter handled these delicate passages with grace and finesse, never allowing emotion...
...Helen Hunt beat out four British actresses for her undeserved golden boy. What does it mean? It means that the American Academy of Arts and Sciences nominates British films and cast members to gain credibility and then ditches them to gain ratings. It means that Kathy Bates has the upper hand in her war against four British actresses. And it means that Shakespeare in Love will have to fight awfully hard to win anything-not only is it a British film competing against an American film, but that film is Saving Private Ryan, a juggernaut of sentimental patriotism...
...Office of Information and Technology (OIT) is located on 10 Ware St., a stone's throw from the Freshman Dean's Office and Union dorms. But despite this proximity, the office requires its bills to be sent through the U.S. Postal Service--not University mail. In the upper-right hand corner of the yellow envelope included in every phone bill is written, "Postage Required for Mailing." So, at the beginning of each month, nearly every Harvard student affixes an extra 33 cents to their already exorbitant phone bill to send it, in many cases, the length of a football field...
...books. The already low esteem most Americans hold for government has only fallen more. In December, after House Republicans forced two articles of impeachment through on an almost completely partisan vote, it seemed the nation was in for the nadir of American politics: a protracted, partisan trial in the upper house...