Word: motionless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...listen to the music) and Lily too poetically noble. The town's first racial protest, moreover, is a sit-in that might have been a model for Gandhi. To protest the verdict in a case that Forrest has prosecuted, demonstrators gather slowly on the courthouse steps. They sit motionless, hushed, intense -- almost holy. The way it was? Or the way TV would prefer to remember...
...Parks will just sit there, a mute symbol of the incident that sparked the epic Montgomery bus boycott. "Look, woman, I told you I wanted the seat!" the mock voice of the bus driver will continue. "Are you going to stand up?" The plaster statue of Parks will remain motionless...
Director Jen Uphoff has done well to cast Chick as Harrison. The role demands that the character's body remain completely motionless while only the voice and face maintain the audience's attention. Chick has this ability and is the dynamic force in the performance...
...world's airlines lost a record $3.5 billion and nearly half their passenger traffic to the threat of war and the pain of recession, and they figured things couldn't get any worse. They were wrong. With bombs falling in the Middle East and the world economy almost motionless, this year is shaping up as an even bigger disaster. From passenger airlines to aircraft makers, the aviation business is in a tailspin. Losses and failures are mounting, planes are flying half empty, and the transatlantic fare war is certain to create more ruin. Says Lee Howard, chief executive of Airline...
Harvard was plagued by a motionless offense against the Hawks Wednesday, but the switch to the Stanford offense opened things up for the Crimson. Senior guard Heidi Kosh ran the show, scoring a game-high 19 points and dishing out seven assists. Sophomore guard Erin Maher continued her strong shooting, tallying 18, including 4-for-8 from three-point range...