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Word: watching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that basic conceit flow-or, more precisely, meander-all jokes and situations. "Our premise is simple," explains Lear. "God created Eve first, took out her rib and gave her a companion so she wouldn't be lonely. This was Adam. I think the audience will be fascinated to watch the endless role playing and, more important, to discern the similarities in the needs, hopes and fears shared by all human beings, regardless of gender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIEWPOINT: Eve's Rib and Adam's Yawn | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...does is largely due to Warren's poetic mastery of language. While his diction is less lush than Faulkner's his syntax less consistently run-on, he possesses a marked gift for penning phrases laden with metaphorical richness. His characters struggle to evade the "doomful tangle of time" and watch music flowing over faces like "the flow of fate as it returned upon itself." In winding torrents of words, they unthread the skein of illusions cloaking their lives, acknowledging its demise in cold, sudden, one-sentence paragraphs. Tone, metaphor and meaning hook up violently, flare and subside...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: A Place To Come To | 4/23/1977 | See Source »

...loss, Harvard's first of the season, failed to dampen Park's enthusiasm for his team. He gave yesterday's contest a kind of Tom Lasorda post script, noting that "it was a great ballgame to watch and we were beaten by a real strong pitcher. We'll be ready romorrow, though...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Columbia Outduels Crimson Nine In 3-1 Triumph | 4/23/1977 | See Source »

...hoop at the buzzer, the Marathon was run, and the Bruins have been playing admirably in Los Angeles, even though they have to use roller skates to move. Locally, every Harvard team has been doing swell, and the weather has been beautiful. We all should go out and watch our intercollegiate representatives march toward triumph. Besides, it gives you a good excuse to sauce...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: SPORTS | 4/21/1977 | See Source »

...Friday at 3 p.m., Penn, in a twinbill Saturday at 1 p.m. and Holy Cross Monday at 3 p.m. For the uninitiated, baseball games are ideal places to consume mass quantities(...of beer that is). During my spring trip throughout the country, I visited Duke and noted that students watch their baseball team while consuming large volumes of the golden elixir...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: SPORTS | 4/21/1977 | See Source »

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