Word: delightfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What she does not take into account is that sudden surge of delight in the middle of the night that every pregnant woman knows when the baby swivels, or the depression brought on by the puffiness in her face, or any of the temperamental swings that arc throughout the pregnancy. She does not take her dreams or reveries into account, her imagining what the baby will look like or grow up to be. Most acutely, she fails to anticipate that onrush of inexpressible satisfaction when the baby is laid across her breast in the delivery room. For all such moments...
...believe how friendly the people are," she said. "It isn't crazy like Lauderdale." The hospitable atmosphere has also kept the students from getting too far out of hand. "Lauderdale is packed and wild," observed Chris Deckel, 19, a University of Notre Dame sophomore. "This is a delight." The result: a laid-back, lovefest atmosphere suffused the hot, windy beaches. "There's not a lot of sleaze and guys trying to grab your butt," noted Molly Houser, 21, a University of Missouri senior...
...REAL delight in the film, though, is what the Coen's don't include: the bits and pieces of plots and suggestions of plots that appear at the fringes of the frame: the strange prisoner who claims to eat sand, the Mad Biker's bronzed baby shoes, and an unexplained tattoo coincidence...
...those liberated few who thought they were in the prime of life, the picture is murkier. Once, Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner considered it a two-sided delight to lure away an American League East pitcher like Boston's Luis Tiant. Suddenly he has no interest in Detroit's Jack Morris, the decade's winningest pitcher. Montreal Outfielder Tim Raines, the National League batting champion (.334), must wonder whether he has bad breath. So frustrated was Teammate Andre Dawson, he signed a blank contract with the Cubs and is now working for $350,000 less than the Expos offered. World Series...
...work secretly together to provide continue slapstick comedy. During afternoon tea, Gar predicts every word the elder O'Donnell speaks. When the old man describes his problems with travelling (his bowels cease to function), the unseen alter ego screams "bound by the ass, tethered by the toilet" to the delight of the audience...