Word: weird
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seems like it's going to take too much time, and it's effort," says Lorelei J. Grunwaldt '97. "It's weird...it seems like it's so far away, but it's minutes away...
...whole premise of a curse that forces one to be "naughty" is Britishly weird, and as the driving dramatic element of the plot is inadequate. The second act, set in the castle of Ruddigore with the ninny Ruthven assuming the role of evil baronet, is humorous at first; the effect of the spooky forbears of Ruthven stepping out of their portraits is cool for a while. But when the spirits all start convincing Ruthven to be "bad," it just gets inane and silly. The conversion of Despard and Margaret from the morally loose characters of the first act to puritanical...
...religion 50 years ago was thought of as a very weird thing in a country across the ocean," said Fine, who is Jewish. "If it isn't an issue of ideology, [Epps] would have come out two years ago and said no [to Hrnicek's organization...
...this time in the collegiate basketball season is pretty darn mad. Teams across the country play weird teams like Athletes in Action and Marathon Oil and travel to Alaska or Maui for strange tournaments--all to get ready for the season...
...lame-duck Democratic Congress convenes to take up GATT. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is the laboriously crafted 123-nation agreement designed to lower tariff barriers. In his threatening letter demanding a delay of the vote, Senator Helms, who can make "free trade" sound like some weird practice he once saw in a Mapplethorpe photo, was trying to exploit the fact that Congress has agreed to consider GATT under "fast track" rules that allow only a yes or no vote, with no amendments. Because that rule expires in January, the next Congress, under G.O.P. control, would be free...