Word: archly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chopine, a wooden clog that could reach stilt height. Later, a more narrowly heeled shoe for women emerged during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. And in the eighteenth century, the French began their fashion influence with lovely decorated leather or silk shoes on high heels set under the arch of the foot...
...comet hit earth thirty years prior. The bad guys are the Department of Water and Power, and they control the flow of the precious commodity. The head of the DWP, and major wet blanket, Kesslee, is played with exacting villainy by Malcolm McDowell. McDowell is, of course, the arch enemy of our beloved rebelle Tank Girl (as well as of any actor trying to get a bad guy role these days...
...religious right's anti-Clinton fervor is matched only by their zeal for the Republican Party. Again, they seem to prefer lip-service to substance--they endorse school prayer instead of school lunches, they sermonize about family values while their arch-enemy, Clinton, promotes the Family Medical Leave...
Coming off an emotional victory over arch-rival Princeton, the Crimson (8-0 dual, 5-0 Ivy) avoided a letdown by destroying Dartmouth, 9-0, yesterday at Hemenway Gym. Harvard clinced at least a share of its fifth straight Ivy League title and can clinch the crown outright with a win against Yale...
...first, it seems wrong to take King George's side. Arch-villain in the annals of American history, and big-nosed to boot, he's not even an attractive bad guy. In his crown, he looks like the British (or Hanover German) version of a middle-aged American in full Elks regalia. But George, as portrayed by Nigel Hawthorne, is irresistible. In all his bawdy charm and depth, the King is a Shakespearean creation...