Word: avidly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gibson, an avid snorkeler, first became interested in the reef's fate in 1985, when she was working as a volunteer for the Belize Audubon Society. After drawing up a plan to create the marine reserve, she gradually gained the support of local fishermen, developers, business owners and government officials and then obtained the necessary funding from the World Wildlife Fund and the U.S. Agency for International Development...
Safire and his stylish, British-born wife Helene, a jewelry designer, live in an expansive Georgian home in suburban Chevy Chase, Md., purchased in 1969. The rare-book-lined elegance (Safire is an avid collector) is marred only by a series of small white gates to keep the couple's two Bernese mountain dogs, Heidi and James, at bay. No longer at home are their two children: Mark, 25, a computer-software specialist, and Annabel, 24, a painter. Gracious hosts, the Safires are known for their break-the-fast party after Yom Kippur. Amid the memorabilia that fill the house...
...less academic material. His Diary of a Yankee-Hater, which is just that, was published in 1981. He is / now editing a book on Lawrence Park, the turn-of-the-century artists' colony in Bronxville, N.Y., where he grew up and lives today. Our renaissance lawyer is also an avid bird watcher, gardener, art buff and rock-'n'-roll aficionado: his raunchy rendition of Blue Christmas, Elvis-style, is the highlight of the law department's annual lunch...