Word: delight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...honored and excited and a little bit emotional about the historical meaning of the whole thing. It was not only that it was Gerry Ferraro, but also that it was a woman. And, God, delight...
Sure, once upon a time, they all used to scream for ice cream. But many Americans today are more likely to pine for the impossible: a tasty, low-cal, no-cholesterol, nondairy frozen delight-and make it all natural too, please. Only a dream, say cynics. Tofutti, says David Mintz. Bless you, say many converts who believe Mintz's Tofutti may be the answer. Indeed, Americans are licking up 40,000 gal. a week of his chilly concoction. Production has nearly doubled in the past month. Move over Frusen Gladje and frozen yogurt; this is the summer of Tofutti...
...name-dropping. "Anyone my age who has hung around Washington long enough could do the same. It's nothing special to have known ten presidents." But Daniel lets us all know all the same: indeed, the name dropping would be boorish if he didn't take such unabashed delight in the practice. If anything Daniel is out for a little...
When 47-year-old Discus Thrower Al Oerter wrecked his calf three weeks ago and abandoned his quest for a fifth gold-medal Games, sentiment took a tough loss. But it rebounded marvelously in the person of Hammer Thrower Burke, 44, the singular delight of the trials. His motto: "We must not step off life's parade." A veteran of the 1968 Olympics, Burke retired for twelve years, patented a hydraulic weight-lifting machine and sold it for $2 million. Five years ago, his two teen-age daughters helped him scrub the rust from the old ball and chain...
...campaign--who you are, what you are, and what you're supposed to be. Because the goal is so complete--taking so much of one's energies and concentration--unless one is very careful, everything else is eclipsed. That happens in life all the time: a temporary delight can be so tempting that it makes us forget a greater good. That happens in a concentrated way in a campaign...