Word: cryptically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Conditioning sprints are punctuated by such cryptic chants as: "The darkhorse rides at midnight!" The term "darkhorse" comes up repeatedly in interviews with the players. Heck, even the practice-punctuating one word huddle chant has become "darkhorse," rather than the more conventional "defense" or "team...
...without ever making a public act of contrition was one more reason that Louisiana was stunned last week when, midway through his present term, he made a tearful announcement before the state legislature that he would not seek re-election. For once, the Governor had just a few cryptic words of explanation: "I feel it's time to move on to something else. When you learn -- and you will -- what I have in mind, you'll understand...
...most of the past three years, Radcliffe has been a mystery institution that periodically issued a report on its own status, a cryptic "R" in the abbreviated name of some student group. Suddenly this year, students woke from their blissful ignorance and entered a debate over whether this nonentity should continue to non-exist. Earnest pieces on Radcliffe began to clutter the 10,000 magazines of Harvard. The Radcliffe fracas even won the ultimate mark of legitimacy, an Istitute of Politics debate in its honor...
...Twin Peaks' David Lynch, as with Julee Cruise, or Gaelic-inspired words and melodies, as with Enya, this music shares a certain soulfulness that sets it apart. Showing up in soundtracks, advertisements and as background music to certain popular women's winter sporting events, these artists' combination of cryptic lyrics, cool synth sound and sighing vocals have made a market out of musical mediation...
...cryptic message lifted from the couple's trash last Sept. 15, for instance, signaled Ames' interest in scheduling a meeting in Bogota. It read, in part, "If you cannot meet ((piece missing)) 1 Oct, signal North after 27 Sept with message at Pipe." Through electronic and personal surveillance, investigators soon decoded the message: North was a mailbox where Ames and his handlers conveyed impersonal, prearranged messages; Pipe was the dead drop where detailed messages, instructions and money were exchanged...