Word: fond
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knew better than to try. Clinton delivered a nice eulogy, full of humor and fond remembrance, but he didn't soar. Maybe he was tired of metaphysics; maybe his instincts told him to give it a rest. But when Brown's flag had been folded and taps had been played, Clinton did one more thing in memory of his friend. He got in a helicopter, flew to Baltimore, Maryland, and raked in $800,000 at two campaign fund raisers. If he hadn't gone, Clinton knew, Brown would have raised hell...
...Brown's body had finally been identified. Famous for his steeliness, Ickes opened the 8:30 a.m. White House staff meeting with the grim news, then issued a call for business as usual. But within minutes he had turned the meeting into an impromptu wake, with staff members swapping fond anecdotes and roguish tales, all of them rich in laughter and full of deep pride in Brown. Even Ickes told...
Other former Eliot residents who remember Kaczynski say they have neither detailed nor fond memories...
...agree that Mr. Buchanan's views (although well-hidden in this campaign) are contrary to much of our tradition of civil rights and equality. But there is another tradition in America that I am rather fond of--free elections and selfdetermination. I wasn't in New Hampshire, so I can't be sure, but I don't think there were armed soldiers forcing people to vote, against their will, for Pat Buchanan. Please correct me if I'm wrong. People have a right to vote for whomever they wish. Would Ms. Schacter disqualify Jesse Jackson from ever running for public...
...Fond farewells have always made for memorable scenes, as in Bobby Orr's retirement at Boston Garden and Lou Gherig's farewell speech at Yankee Stadium...