Word: donee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sometimes that self-knowledge is visible only from atop the junk heap of good intentions. "Now the deed is done, and the smoke has cleared/ From the ashes some glimmer of the truth appears," Richey sings in the lustrously plaintive Didn't I. Then, in the song's chorus, all objectivity evaporates--"I did the best I could/ Didn't I? Didn't I? Didn't I?"--and by repeating the question, she makes it both an accusation and a child's plea. The song is a jeweled showcase for a shattered psyche...
...kicks should not be permitted to decide a match. In my opinion, there are two world champions: the U.S. and China. If the Chinese had been allowed to share in the victory parade, and the two teams had been photographed with the Cup between them, more could have been done for U.S.-China relations in one day than has been accomplished in years of diplomacy. ROBERT CROSS Calgary, Alta...
...your most important material assets with them, and it looks as if their departure will bring the whole place down soon. How do you handle it? The short answer might be: Make a great speech. Inspire your still-loyal workers. At least that's what Abe Lincoln would have done...
...cookies were done just under the wire. Then the team was ushered out of the kitchen to a dining table, where the meal drew raves from the neophyte chefs. But when it came to meeting larger goals outside the kitchen, there was still work to be done. "We need to be available to one another when our tasks get reassigned on the job," Oberdorfer says. "We have to say, 'This is what you need to know, and this is how you reach me if you have any questions.'" The team agrees to work on that...
...recent New Yorker magazine cover depicted Hillary Clinton as a tourist in Central Park, stalked by Mayor Rudy Giuliani as a mugger holding a cosh. The esteemed magazine may have done better to put Ken Starr behind the tree, armed with his final report. The Whitewater Special Prosecutor announced Monday that he?s moving rapidly to wrap up his investigation of the Clintons, and plans to have his final report out before the first lady makes her Senate bid. At one time, Hillary?s spin doctors may have welcomed Starr?s swansong as an opportunity to revive the image...