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Beyond the opponent and the location, for the first time in the history of its program, Harvard can bask in the thrill of playing on national television--the game will be broadcast live on ESPN. But most importantly, the Crimson's matchup with the Cardinal will be, at last, Harvard's opportunity to gain what it has gone so long without--national respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Perez-Gizspenser | 3/12/1998 | See Source »

...judgment, candor and discipline. A clean win in Iraq would strengthen the impulse to let these charges fade away; but few in the White House hold out much hope that anything clean or clear will come out of this, and a messy aftermath won't exactly let him bask in the vindication of victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crises: Twin Perils Of Love & War | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...pleased to bask in autumnal sunlight. But in the fifth decade of a career with more bumps than the Nagano mogul course, he still feels twinges from old war wounds: from turning down the Terms of Endearment role that won Jack Nicholson an Oscar, from the rage that occasionally blurred his judgment, from folks who left in droves during the bad times. They've returned now. "And I just say, 'I know you always loved me,'" he notes. "Because in this business you have to do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burt Reynolds: The Bandit's Back | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...same time--despite a huge storm that set off tornadoes in Florida and dumped snow in the Ohio valley last week, killing at least 22 people--large parts of the eastern and north-central U.S. continued to bask in the warmest winter in years, one that brought cherry blossoms to Washington in the first week of January. That might sound like the opposite of a disaster, but every weather anomaly has its dark side. In a normal year, for example, the winter storm that hit New England and southern Canada in January might have dumped a thick blanket of snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fury Of El Nino | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...Adams now has both Powerade and two flavors of frozen yogurt. It's even worth dodging the house's notoriously unfriendly interhouse restrictions to bask in the dining splendor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: September Journal | 9/16/1997 | See Source »

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