Word: frothed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weeks of investigation, the FBI and the National Transportation Safety Board still cannot say for certain whether Flight 800 was brought down by a bomb, a missile or a mechanical malfunction. In the absence of a conclusive explanation, the Internet has whipped facts, factoids and un-facts into a froth of conspiracy theory. In a piece published in the Nov. 17 issue of the New York Times Magazine, authors Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen trace the strange progress of the friendly fire theory across the Net. One variant: the bombing was a hit. Henry Kissinger was the intended victim because...
...that dicey district known as Broadway, there are no sure bets, but reviving a cherished old musical comes close. Find a Rodgers and Hammerstein gem that's been away for a while or dust off a fondly remembered piece of froth like A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and nostalgic theatergoers will probably beat a path to your stage door...
...right, we've taken our licks. But this stuff is nothing more than talk show fodder and cocktail party froth. Remember, "It's the economy, stupid...
Schnackenberg introduces various motifs in this first sequence, most notably water and gilt. In these poems water seems to flow back and froth in time, providing a sense of continuity between past and present. Schnackenberg often uses "gilt" or "gilded" to describe the setting of her poetry, or the poetry itself--something beautiful, untouchable, frozen at a particular moment in time. "Gilt" and "guilt" are used in conjunction or even interchangeably. In Schnackenberg's view, poetry is not just a gilded snapshot of an instant in time; it is also somewhat responsible for--guilty of--the unfolding of history...
...sputters. "The fact is that a Prime Minister's powers are derived from crown powers, and they are greater than a President's. A Prime Minister, on his or her own, can create judges, bishops, lords, send troops to the Falklands. Beside this, Di and Fergie are absolute froth...