Word: gladding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...glad that I got second, because I was in a bad situation, but I was able to capitalize. I was happy with my performance, despite the fact that I didn?...
...Sistani's declarations are succinct and to the point. "He makes no decision until he is totally clear he has come to the right conclusion," says Shahristani. "He says exactly what he means, and he sticks to it"--something the Bush Administration learned the hard way. "I'm very glad Washington conceded on early elections, or we'd have been in trouble," says a Western diplomat in Baghdad. Sistani "has a few gut core beliefs, and he doesn't change them...
...neurotic craving for myths - but got carried away. "I'm 47 - a good age for keeping your head down and working," says Cope. "But I've told my wife that when I'm 49, I'll probably go into a second period of psychic experimentation. I'm glad I've got the practical books...
...road with potholes, my brother would repeat Naipaul's line that India was "an area of darkness." No water in the taps this morning? More proof that we Indians inhabited "a wounded civilization." He grumbled, sulked, and quoted Naipaul all summer long, and we were very glad when he went back to California. And so my earliest impression of Naipaul, even before I read a word he wrote, was that he was something of a nuisance...
...rolled into Spokane, Wash., around 6 p.m. on a Tuesday. Spokane is one of those sleepy cities bursting with small-town pride--its residents will be glad to inform you, for example, that it's the smallest city ever to be host of a World's Fair--but it's a pretty quiet place on a Tuesday night. You can look both ways before you cross the street if you really want to, but it's just a formality. I sat on a park bench. A dude on the corner played the saxophone. Some punks on dirt bikes made...