Word: brightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Probably not, but the fans at Bright won't care. For now, Kevan Melrose is theirs. And Saturday night, Melrose gave his loyal followers something extra. Something not many will soon forget...
Rarely have the prospects for diplomacy seemed so bright at the beginning of a new year. High hopes for 1989 are the result of high drama in 1988. Twice, just as the curtain was coming down on the old year, a major figure stepped to the edge of the footlights and delivered a soliloquy intended to persuade the world that he is tired of playing a villain. He pledged that the policies he represents had changed in fundamental and salutary ways. And the audience, including a skeptical American President, applauded...
...Jordan's delight in the sport is not the main reason he plays basketball. Competition drives Michael Jordan. Incessantly. Whether on the court or weaving his bright red Ferrari Testarossa in and out of Chicago's midday traffic or even putting golf balls on the Astroturf green in his basement, he is constantly testing himself and the opposition. Sometimes that burning competitive drive overrides Jordan's legendary coolness. Last year during a full-court scrimmage with teammates, Jordan stormed out of practice after angrily accusing coach Doug Collins of miscounting the score. Jordan finds motivation for the court each night...
Some focus heroically on the bright side. "It's exciting," says Monroe Scharff, a Bush neighbor. "How often do you find a beautiful place that is ; also the summer residence of the President of the United States?" And selectman Joe Finn trumpets, "We've been in the London Times and the Hong Kong Daily News...
...teach astronomy to high school students but also to use astronomical examples to instill basic concepts of math and science. Thus students may master the inverse-square law of physics by seeing that when a star doubles its distance from a certain point, it becomes one-quarter as bright. Why choose astronomy for this purpose? "It's not as abstract as chemistry and physics," says Shapiro, "and the sky is always there...