Word: wizardly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rumors about a takeover of CBS last week were turned into prime-time fare, the cast would ensure boffo ratings. Here is Ted Turner, the mustachioed buccaneer of the cable airwaves whose passion is to call another network his own. There is Ivan Boesky, a Wall Street wizard who spends millions to make millions. And don't forget Jesse Helms, the conservative North Carolina Senator who has suggested to his constituents that it would be nice if they were Dan Rather's boss...
...will take more than the Wizard for any of the other Ivy schools, Army or Navy to claim the crown Harvard. Penn, Princeton and Columbia have won the last 17 and 23 of the last 24 championships...
...every way; fewer pages, less expensive, and less ambitious. Duncan has not so much created a metaphor as unleashed a myth from the collective subconscious of the American moviegoer. The post-Jungian archetype of Red Shoes is featured prominently on its cover: Dorothy's Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz. As you will recall, the Ruby Slippers were both Dorothy's validation sticker into Oz and her ticket out, the tangible insignia of an intangible fantasy. Capitalizing on this inspiration, Duncan's are symbolically restricted to role-playing and fantasy fulfillment, and his subjects snatched exclusively from the performing...
...started in the 16th minute after midfield wizard Paul Nicholas, who set up three of the Crimson tallies, sent a ball across the goalmouth which Jumbo 'keeper Roger Fenningdorf, who was in for a long day, bobbled...
...movies go, tornados haven't been this popular since "The Wizard of Oz." Back then, though, the twister was simply a modern-day deux ex machine-a simple, foot-proof way of getting Dorothy from Kansas to Oz with no questions asked. The current cinematic trend, seen in Places in the Heart and now in Jessica Lange's new film Country, has taken upon itself the unenviable task of giving Meaning to the once familiar and unportentuous storm. While the tradition of literary storms, from King Lear to Moby Dick, is a valid one, in a less subtle medium like...