Word: gladding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...course, by 11 a.m. on Monday, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera had run a story on the alternate plan in the works: If the quakes become too angry, the heads of state will just meet in Rome (Wow, original idea! I’m really glad after two weeks someone finally came up with that). However, it’s 24 hours before the summit starts and the plan remains the same: Everyone get in your helicopter and get your very important tush up to an irritable fault line...
...this monstrous ship over the mountain was so close to what I had to do that I could actually play the part of Fitzcarraldo. If I don't find a real fine actor, I thought, I'm going to do it myself - it was that close. But I'm glad, and thank God on my knees that it didn't come to that. And in a way, when you look at the film or the book, it's almost like a paradigm of how to struggle in achieving something artistic. It didn't matter what you threw at me, what...
...leader of the Arab world. It doesn't matter that Mousavi was not in charge of the Iranian military. "Everyone who was in the top [Iranian] leadership during those years will forever be regarded by Iraqis as a villain," says Saad Hashemi, a retired artillery commander. "I'm glad Mousavi lost, because if he'd become President, he would visit Baghdad someday and get a grand welcome ... I could not have tolerated that...
...really glad Beck is doing this tour. While I may not agree with him that Theodore Roosevelt destroyed our nation, I'm glad that someone with a sense of humor is leading the lunatic fringe. Joseph McCarthy didn't make fun of his weight, and Father Coughlin never wondered what the deal was with anything. Making fun of yourself implies that you know your message is imperfect. So I hope Beck, who does have the tunnel logic of an extremist, keeps going on these tours. Especially since writing material for him is so easy...
...Until today, you felt that [the five accused] were laughing at you and that people said it was a waste of time," says Kathy Gallagher, 31, whose brother Aidan died in the attack. "We're so glad to have this result. Now I feel like we have the last laugh on them...