Word: folds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...might seem a little frivolous, not to mention laughable, to expect people to come and see a play about the redeeming power of art in this day and age. Who could possibly believe that the weak, the twisted and the bitter could really be brought back into the fold of civilization just by acting out a play? Timberlake Wertenbaker, author of Our Country's Good, currently playing at the Lyric Stage, certainly thinks...
...They each got two percent on $50 million thatwas overperformance that year," the source said."The subsequent write-offs of $200 million wipedthat out four-fold...
...Messiah." The local papers carried Schach's outrageous charge that Schneerson's followers are "eaters of trayf," food such as pork that is forbidden to Jews. Other detractors fret that Habad's Messianic passions will provoke a schism in Judaism or lead to mass disillusionment, driving believers from the fold. Says philosopher Rabbi David Hartman: "The outpouring of Messianic fervor is always a very disturbing development...
Publishers have discovered a new market -- how-to-books for men coping with household tasks. Joining volumes on how to cook and how to fold and clean clothes is the new First Men's Guide to Ironing. What's next? How to Pick Up Your Socks...
...Clinton is a politician to the bone, as shown by his refusal to resist the draft out of concern for his "political viability." Paul E. Tsongas has been through the revolving door, serving as a corporate lobbyist. And Edmund G. Brown is a suspiciously recent convert to the "outsider" fold...