Word: brilliante
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...idea has obvious nationalistic appeal and makes scientific sense as well. Modern archaeologists like to study objects in context to try to unravel how, why and by whom they were used. Clearly, having Priam's Treasure on hand would help them do that--finally making the discoveries of the brilliant and devious Heinrich Schliemann fully as important as he thought they were...
...children as geniuses or angels. Wanda Kaczynski, of course, represented the style of an older generation of parents, but her child rearing bore traces of the obsessive. Later American parents sometimes have a tendency to practice a retro-projection that amounts to a search for their own lost, sweet, brilliant, childish selves. They indulge in a manic idealization of their young; it is the obverse of child battering but sometimes has equally fatal effects. The idealization too savors of some indirect exhibitionism that, seen in a brutal light, comes just short of amounting to child sacrifice...
...against Columbia was spearheaded by a brilliant pitching performance from junior southpaw Frank Hogan, who leads the list of Ivy pitching leaders with an ERA of only 1.93 in 14 innings played...
...night, dozens of FBI agents celebrated at the Seven-Up Guest Ranch a few miles from Lincoln--which has become their temporary headquarters. They are sure they have their man. They believe they have not only stopped an 18-year crime spree but also bagged an exceptional specimen: the brilliant sociopath who made himself virtually invisible. Says Ken Thompson: "The boys in the basement at Quantico are going to spend years studying this case...
...accentuate Rodman's tattoos in the most obvious way: the sleeves are cut off." Although all the attention is an advertiser's dream come true, it's also a commuter's nightmare. Bigsby & Kruthers CEO Gene Silverberg may yank the advertisement, but not before repainting Rodman's hair brilliant red to match the color he's chosen for his return to the Bulls Tuesday night...