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...scene, Travis's cab emerges on to the screen from a Dantean burst of steam like a metallic beast as Bernard Herrman's eerie score beats to a crescendo. A close-up of Travis's wide-open eyes reflects the gaudy neon lights of 42nd Street porn shops, as he absorbs the world about him for a fare. At times, his passivity seems to reappear in his actions. Travis sees the "pow-pow" finger motion of a fellow cabbie and imitates it later--in a drastically different context, perhaps suggesting how Travis is shaped by the world around...

Author: By Nicholas R. Rapold, | Title: Yeah, We're Still Lookin' at DeNiro | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

...transition from the confines of the University to the wide-open "real world" is looming on the horizon, and decisions on graduate school and employment applications are beginning to pour...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: Seniors Flaunt Rejection Letters | 2/3/1996 | See Source »

...once in gear, Lady Luck stepped in, denying sophomore Toure McCluskey a sure goal when his shot on a wide-open goal bounded off the right post, then off the left post, but not into...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: Title Not in Cards | 10/23/1995 | See Source »

Although Coach Tim Murphy continues to preach a balanced attack, Harvard has focused on a ball-control, grind-it-out offense so far this season that is centered around junior tailback Eion Hu. Fordham's attack, however, is wide-open and quarter-back-centric...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Football Hopes To Batter Rams | 9/30/1995 | See Source »

Whipple's more wide-open style finally clicked with the Bears in the final four contests of the season. Brown won all four of those games, including a 59-24 season-ending exclamation point over Columbia. Other than excusable (albeit home) losses to Penn and Princeton, the Bears (7-3, 4-3 Ivy) can point only to the season opening loss to Yale as the game that "shoulds been...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Brown, Columbia: Doormats No More | 9/13/1995 | See Source »

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