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Word: faintness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Political analysts noted that hardly a stump speech was offered by the Baby Boomers without an allusion to the Kennedys. But simultaneously, they questioned whether there was anything at the core of the Baby Boomers beyond some faint hope of tapping into the legacy of their fallen heroes...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Is Quayle a Boom or a Bust? | 8/19/1988 | See Source »

...what the composer called a "stage-festival play," Kupfer found physical leitmotivs to complement the musical ones and give his production a visual as well as a musical unity. Characters do not just stand and sing; they stand and deliver, fighting with fury or embracing with abandon, falling down faint in ecstasy. < As Wotan (Bass John Tomlinson) bids a sorrowing farewell to Brunnhilde (Soprano Deborah Polaski) at the end of Die Walkure, they both collapse facedown on the ground, overcome with emotion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Love Among the Ruins | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

...decision-making body, later this month to take measure of the King's maneuver. In Jerusalem officials at first brushed off Hussein's announcement, but the Knesset scheduled a special session to discuss the matter. In Washington some officials expressed the belief that Hussein's move killed the already faint hopes for a regional peace plan outlined by Secretary of State George Shultz earlier this year. Others suggested that the King's action might ultimately achieve quite the opposite, namely, produce momentum for a settlement. State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley captured the confusion by saying, "No jumping to conclusions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Goodbye to All That | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

...summer home in Kennebunkport, Me. Asked his reaction, the Vice President was cautious, skeptical -- not at all the gosh- golly cheerleader he is so often depicted to be. "The cold war isn't over," he warned. Bush's praise for the President's summiteering was so faint that his chief of staff, Craig Fuller, felt obliged to take Bush aside and ask if he realized that his dour comments would clash noticeably with White House jubilation. "I know," Bush replied. "That's okay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Worldly Than Wise | 8/15/1988 | See Source »

...only in unattractive presentation, but also in messy fingers and poor distribution of cheese--the bottom fries are ignored. However, the fries themselves are among the best in the Square, cut thick, long and with the skin still on. And wonderfully greasy. This food is not for the faint of heart--or artery...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: My Kind of Frank, Chicago's Is | 7/26/1988 | See Source »

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