Word: brilliante
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Died. Hannah Arendt, 69, brilliant political philosopher, cultural historian (The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition) and analyst of 20th century malaise; of an apparent heart attack while entertaining friends; in Manhattan. Born in Hannover, Germany, Arendt took her doctorate in philosophy at Heidelberg, studying under Karl Jaspers and Martin Heidegger, before fleeing the Nazis in 1933 in the first great wave of Jewish emigration. After working with Zionist organizations in France and the U.S., Arendt broke with the movement and devoted herself to political study. It was her thesis (in Eichmann in Jerusalem) that the century's worst...
Responding to a question about Henry Kissinger, Carter said "the man is a brilliant negotiator. That's what I like about him." He said he favored detente, but that the US has been "on the short end of every deal we made with the Russians...
Brown had sent the game into overtime when freshman Peter Van Deek tied the score at one-all on a close-range shot after a brilliant pass from Steve Milone...
...professional theater anywhere. The fact that the quality of the material is so consistently high is remarkable, considering there are about a dozen authors involved, and the few sketches that do drag--particularly in the second half of the show--might look better if they weren't in such brilliant surroundings. One problem is that because the tone of the show is overwhelmingly comic, the three or four serious, romantic songs that sneak in are a little jarring--you're kind of waiting for the punch line and feel silly when it doesn't come. But these numbers...
...epee squad also pulled an about face with Simmons winning his second match and John Hirschfeld turning in a brilliant performance to outduel his man. Although only Bennett was able to out-slash his opponent in the third round foil bouts, the victory was in hand...