Word: asterisked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those faithful Harvard fans in New Haven last weekend need not be bitter. For the world knows that the catch was never complete, the victory illegitimate, the title--Yale's first since 1989--marred by an eternal asterisk in the pages of collegiate history. The 116th Game will not be remembered as Yale's crowning triumph, but--thanks to photographic evidence and video replays on ESPN SportsCenter--as a show of ill-deserved serendipity...
...Though we know in our hearts that Yale dropped the ball--as surely as Chuck Knoblach dropped the ball in the ALCS--do not turn your head in scorn. Instead, thank our Harvard team on a game well played and, with a knowing smile, congratulate Old Eli on an asterisk well deserved...
...even as they sing of "sadomasochism," to the real tensions that will someday entangle their own lives. It is refreshing for these corporate clients, seeking to cut loose and shed a little of their hostility over wine or vodka, to see that life can still be fun without an asterisk at the end. The Kroks know that they are charming, but they are, for the most part, just looking for applause and the invitation to sing one more, not to use their charm to ooze their way up a corporate ladder. It is charm for the sake of charm...
...boss was "exasperatingly stupid" in his personal life, McCurry told an audience of 200 at the University of Pittsburgh in his first public comments since leaving the White House. And although the President is "an enormously gifted and richly qualified leader for the nation," there will "always be an asterisk next to his name in the record books" because of the Lewinsky scandal...
...will never be paroled, even pending good behavior. He became the third Commander in Chief to face the ignominy of an official impeachment investigation--not as bad as Nixon; worse than Johnson, whose impeachment was pure political payback by his cranky congressional opposition. It will forever be the asterisk after Clinton's name, a game-show question in the year 2020: Name the third American President to endure an impeachment inquiry...