Word: exulted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Aquino's stunning rise allowed the world a rare chance to suspend its disbelief and exult, 1986 also gave it many more familiar opportunities to distrust its leaders and to weep. Late in the year, the Reagan Administration was suddenly shaken by the disclosure that it had been covertly selling arms to Iran in an attempt to win freedom for American hostages in Lebanon. That dubious policy flared into scandal with the revelation that some of the money received for the arms had been diverted, apparently in violation of congressional laws, to the contra rebels in Nicaragua. As questions multiplied...
...incredible naturalness of both Martin and Boukhanef makes their characters, quite simply, really enjoyable to watch. They swagger down the streets sporting matching leather jackets; they exult when they play a successful trick--like feeding a dog an entire bowl of sugar from a cafe--and they hurt when a friend of theirs is in trouble...
...long run, if there is one, Charlotte's Web should overshadow any number of manifestos. The story of how Wilbur the pig was saved by the unusual weaving skills of Charlotte the spider has taught countless children, many of them now middle-aged, how to weep and exult at the same moment. Wilbur's tribute to his departed benefactor bears repeating, with a nod to the man who created them both: "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer...
...theater's premiere, directed by Timothy Mayer, is if anything too faithful and tame. Shakespeare's play depicts a civil war brought about by a usurper King and the self-serving pretenders to his throne. Some productions emphasize the martial valor of the King's ablest rival, Hotspur; others exult in the merriment and dissipation of the Prince of Wales' favorite companion, Falstaff. The closest that Mayer comes to taking a point of view is to underline the play's presumption that history is made by men, not social forces: he ends many scenes with one or two figures frozen...
...Taliesin West's matriarch Mother. She also fell in love with the distinguished-looking, 6-ft. 4-in. Peters, then 57. Soon Svetlana was pressing for an early wedding, and less than three weeks after her arrival in Arizona, she and Peters were married. Mrs. Wright was heard to exult, "Now I can say again, 'Svetlana...