Word: awed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...approval rating of 72%, whereas only 45% of the public view the royal family favorably. Because of his popularity, his good counsel and his eagerness to work with them, the royals listen to Blair, and he has handled them ingeniously. As their ally, he shares in the affection and awe that the Queen and the monarchy as an institution still inspire in the public; by urging reform, he distances himself from the aspects of the royal family the public dislikes. If they want to be better politicians, they clearly have the right tutor...
...fully visible actor as if she were pushing an anthropomorphic wheelbarrow. Birds "fly" on the end of a pole waved around like a kite, while a huge elephant galumphs down the aisle. As they converge to the strains of Circle of Life, it's not just an awe-inspiring sight, it's also a notice to kids and adults alike: Broadway theater is alive again...
...future, humankind must defend itself against a terrifying race of insects--hordes and hordes of incredibly tough and resilient bugs. The brave and fearless men and women of the Mobile Infantry, the awe-inspiring Starship Troopers, must make it their singular goal to destroy every last one of these hideous threats to humanity...
Effectively, Harvard's home finale Saturday afternoon is the biggest Crimson football game since the Reagan administration. An Ivy League crown is at stake, and the Crimson is in that awe-inspiring role that NFL commentators mouth with reverence: Harvard controls its own destiny, and it couldn't be happier...
...thrasus ho Bakhos, How insolent is this Bacchus!) with Williams' "Bacchic backtalk!" Again in the same scene "Deinos su deinos kapi dein' erkhei pathe (I need a macron)," "You are wonderful, wonderful" (Laurence Welk, anybody?) "And wonderful are the experiences you go to meet" becomes in Williams "You are awe-inspiring. Your outcome will inspire awe." The translation and the production share the great felicity of exaltation in the words themselves...