Word: light
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Around midnight, rain clouds finally burst on the War Memorial crowd--and the electoral skies darkened as well. The tide turned against the vice president, as outside his supporters began being soaked by a steady light rain...
Democratic charges of voting problems gained strength over the course of the morning, as uncounted ballot boxes were discovered and charges of voter tampering came to light...
...night returned to its celebratory atmosphere after the Florida reversal, even though a light drizzle started to soak the crowd...
...Perry's photos are the most cinematic of the exhibition; he masterfully creates pictures that evoke the grit and heat of desert races. The pictures are terribly grainy, but that only makes the heat more searing and the intensity of the car race more exhausting. He works well with light and presents the hot rods in the desert as machines of lasting endurance and infinite speed. The image of a potbellied and shirtless racer in between two coupes, his arms hanging loosely as he surveys the landscape, is both quiet and loud. The picture is still and yet the buzz...
...important to note, in light of this perversion of justice, that "unusual" young people can and do develop into functional adults. Surely there are many students here at our fine University, who had rocky early teen years, perhaps thanks to a penchant for grunge rock or even an unnatural affinity for medieval literature. A literal witchhunt to eliminate uniqueness among youth would only restrict the many innovations their creativity has so often brought to our society. Unusual children have developed into such great minds as Albert Einstein, Steven Spielberg, Mozart and countless others--not so scary after...