Word: girth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...girth and his group are emblematic of all the excesses of emotion and behavior that the gilded age has up to now permitted all of the Gloria N. 's passengers to indulge. In fact, the point Federico Fellini wants to make in the liveliest, funniest and most assured movie he has directed in years is that the time for these absurdities is over. From Sarajevo onward, he is saying, the only follies grand enough to impose themselves on the world's consciousness will be political, and far more menacing than these little cultural lunacies...
With his ample girth, trademark black mustache and a twinkle in his eyes, Raul Ricardo Alfonsin Foulkes seems the quintessential Argentine. Born in the provincial city of Chascomus (pop. 30,000), 78 miles southeast of Buenos Aires, Alfonsin was the oldest of five children. His parents made a comfortable living running a general store founded by his great-grandfather, who emigrated from the Spanish province of Galicia in 1870. His father, Serafin, was a fervent supporter of the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War, and that sense of commitment seemed to rub off on his son. Says Alfonsin...
...neutron star; this is essentially a dead star that has run out of nuclear fuel. As its fires die out and the star's gases cool, they explode, with the remnants collapsing upon themselves, and the star shrinks to incredible density. Typically, such a star once had a girth of 100 million miles or more, but now is only a few miles in diameter. A teaspoonful of its material weighs as much as 100 million tons, and the star's gravitational force is so strong that it pulls away a steady stream of gases, mostly hydrogen and helium...
...tragedienne Mrs. Crummies, great of girth and spirit, explains to Nicholas why she had to give up her title role in The Blood Drinker: "The audiences, sir," she sighs and smiles, "they could not stand it. It was too... tremendous...
...studio, :he honored guests were informed that the topic of discussion would be not politics, t health food. Somewhat stunned, the Fords and the Kissingers were seated at a table for a spare vegetarian meal served in Buddhist temples, known as Shojinryori. Though meat eaters of some girth and standing, the two men diplomatically picked their way through the offerings. Says Nancy: "I thought the President and Henry would go through the floor...