Word: boated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...windy day, and they had the buoy for a tight turn, and the fans would cheer if a boat tipped over or something," he says. "You can't think about it too much, but it's pretty exciting if you're coming down the course towards that turn and you can hear the spectators cheering in the back of your mind...
...whom the upside-down corpse of her partner is bound. One cannot decode these too literally, but they presumably represent the chaos overtaking Beckmann's homeland. The center panel portrays the artist's dream of escape. The blue horizon (the color of peace) beckons; the king in the boat makes a calm gesture of benediction with his right hand while his left releases a school of small fish from a net trailing in the sea; and a Madonna figure with a child looks on. The painting pulls together a string of images: Christ on the Sea of Galilee, the Fisher...
...incriminating "matrix" that might lead to a full investigation. "At any given time we have literally dozens and dozens of cases at every agency that raise questions," says FBI Director Louis Freeh. "Sometimes it's just a polygraph, and sometimes someone has plunked down $100,000 for a boat...
...Security Council members voted for Boutros-Ghali anyway, attempting to avoid irritating Africa and rocking the U.N. boat, as well as protesting Washington's high-handedness in easing him out. Last June, without a word to U.N. friends, a senior State Department official told the New York Times it would not permit the Secretary-General to serve a second five years. The move angered U.N. members as a blatant sop to election-year criticisms from right-wing Republicans. Third World sensitivities have been trampled, and allies are annoyed they weren't consulted. Others are furious at U.S. cheek in dictating...
Perhaps the most curious Titanic project is a Broadway musical planned for this spring and titled, inevitably, Titanic (no exclamation point). "This isn't going to be The Love Boat," insists composer and lyricist Maury Yeston. The show has been the butt of Broadway jokes, but Yeston contends that the Titanic lends itself perfectly to musical theater. "Part of the story is hubris, part is profoundly human," he explains. "This is the stuff of musical theater: people are so moved they can no longer speak. They are forced to sing." Or sink...