Word: blushed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hamlet endures as a character because he is the embodiment of the unsatisfied soul. He is irritating and threatening, a scold, a drag. He is the relentless accuser and reproacher, who cries, "O shame! Where is thy blush?" But he is also part of the people he confronts; he is that "noble and most sovereign reason" within them too, which is why his unnerving presence among them eventually overthrows the status quo and winds up revolutionizing their world...
...else has been more effective at working the filigree of legislation, digging out just the groove to let the American government's generosity flow unimpeded to his most loyal supporters. And the G.O.P. generally has engaged for years in imaginative fund raising, and favors trading that would make anybody blush. Anybody, that is, but a Democrat...
...first student's objection, though sensible at first blush, is silly. We are at Harvard to learn not just from our professors but from our peers. Religious symbols that are tasteful and educational are just as legitimate as dance festivals and movie nights. Students must overcome the fear that public religious displays are inherently exclusive...
...whatever it is--guitar, computer software, press conferences--she can figure it out for herself. Certainly she doesn't need adults to tell her whom or what she likes. Jim Carrey. Ricki Lake. Friends. Rollerblading. Clothes shopping. Double-pierced ears. Pro basketball. White-chocolate-mousse frozen yogurt. Brad Pitt. (Blush...
...Afterward I'm looking forward to meeting the athletes." Suddenly, her eyes widen. "Maybe Hakeem Olajuwon!" Having mastered the television camera while shooting national ads for various Olympic sponsors, she entertains a few fantasies: a guest appearance on Friends. Better yet, a bit part in a Brad Pitt movie. (Blush.) Then she catches herself. "I don't have time now," she says firmly. "Maybe later...