Word: damped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...soul wouldn't die. Instead it migrated to the damp environs of Manchester, England, a roughneck working-class stronghold. There, in much the same way that British rockers of the '60s adapted American rock 'n' roll, a new wave of musicians have been revitalizing soul, uncovering new artistic connections and in some cases improving on the American originators. The result, for music fans, is that the soul searching is over...
...record show that on that cool, damp day in September, sitting behind his wide, wooden desk in his cozy Dillon office, Restic's first word was "Yale"--a team which had as much chance of winning the Ivy title as Bill Clinton has of finishing a marathon...
CHESTNUT HILL--Last night, the wet turf of Boston College's Alumni Stadium was as slick as Bill Clinton, and the Harvard field hockey team just couldn't keep its footing as the Crimson lost to B.C., 1-0, and slipped to a damp 3-6-2 on the season...
Afterward, Clinton worked his way down the rope line, waving, shaking, touching, posing, always smiling, his blue dress shirt damp with perspiration, the Secret Service agents clinging to his belt when he leaned far into the crowd. The faces of Manchester conveyed the Music Man message that "there's nothing halfway about the Iowa way to greet you." The mood was warm and enveloping as Clinton heard each message of encouragement. "We owe it all to you." "You're doing great." "You'll be a great President...
...novelist Elizabeth von Arnim. She wrote Enchanted April nearly 70 years ago, around the time Virginia Woolf was lobbying for a room of her own. Von Arnim thought bigger: Why not a villa? Bring four restless Englishwomen to a castle near Portofino to shake off London's damp climate and dim proprieties...