Word: surrounding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Another concession had to be made because the University required that the new building be no higher than those which surround it--leaving Maxwell-Dworkin's fourth floor about two feet shorter than those below...
...night of May 2, I got my first taste of the fervor that will surround the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace next week. On this chilly night, I found myself standing in line at approximately a quarter to midnight, waiting for doors to be opened--the doors of Toys 'R Us, which was holding a special event to commemorate the release of toys for the new film...
...just come off the plane from Colorado, where the Lucasfilm-sponsored Star Wars Celebration convention. Another fan strolled up and down the line dressed as Darth Vader, waving a toy light saber menacingly at the laughing crowd. Of course, this was a mere taste of the chaos that will surround ticket lines in a few weeks...
...While Star Wars characters and logos now adorn nearly every type of product imaginable, one of the first and foremost products created for the original film was a series of action figures by a relatively small toy company called Kenner. Many stories surround the inception of the figures, but what is known for certain is that their small size (less than four inches) was a radical departure from the larger superhero figures of the late '70s. The figures' small size allowed Kenner to make vehicles and playsets that the figures could interact with easily but wouldn't take up half...
...fable are present--heroes, villains, fights to the death, miraculous rescues, betrayal, good vs. evil, mystery, political intrigue, romance, faith, and even a bit of the supernatural. But instead of reading about it in the Brothers Grimm, we get to watch it on the big screen with surround-sound. And instead of knights and princesses, evil stepmothers and swordfights, we get space travel and lightsabers, droids and the Force. "Star Wars" is everything from our deepest fantasies, projected onto "a galaxy far, far away," with a heavy dose of special effects and a storyline that is as human...