Word: curt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gone, a monarchist age that appears as full of sunlight and promise for the Slavophiles as it was dark and despairing for the communists. The traditionalists take inspiration from prerevolutionary conservatives like Pyotr Stolypin, the assassinated Prime Minister of Czar Nicholas II, who dismissed his radical opponents with the curt dictum, "They need a great upheaval; we need a great Russia...
Often, in fact, the memories had to be caught before they slipped away. The Canadian Curt Harnett whizzed around the cycling track in 10:368. "New Olympic record," proclaimed the public address system. Harnett exulted, while Australian Garry Neiwand came around. 10:330. "New Olympic record." Neiwand was beginning to celebrate when German Jens Fiedler whizzed past. 10:252. "New Olympic record...
...brushed off with a curt, "This will respond to your letter and resume. At the present time we do not have a position appropriate for you. Good luck." Yeah, right...
...British group, comprised of guitarist/songwriter Roland Orzabal and vocalist Curt Smith, was founded in the early 1980s when the musicians decided that the solutions to a lot of the problems in the world, including their own, could be corrected effectively with access to Primal Therapy. Calculating that such access would come to them only if they become rich and famous (and could thus afford it) the two men formed their band...
Announcers, of course, were always the key. Play by Play, a rare multinetwork collaboration, brings together an all-star team of hosts (Jim McKay, Pat Summerall, Bob Costas, Curt Gowdy, Brent Musburger and Jim Lampley) and a Hall of Fame lineup of booth pioneers (Red Barber, Mel Allen, Lindsey Nelson) in clips and interviews. These men are full of anecdotes, good humor and the reverent glow of people who have witnessed incredible events. They seem like the happiest guys on earth...