Word: gloats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Britain, Murdoch's Sun, for whom this type of scandal would normally warrant huge headlines, ran a six-paragraph item on page 10. Its sister paper, the London Times, was equally discreet. The other British publications ran more prominent stories but, in a quaint show of taste, did not gloat. Oh, if only Ted Turner owned a newspaper...
...caught in an FBI sting at the Ritz Carlton and was pressed to cooperate in exchange for immunity. That same day, Attorney General Janet Reno announced an investigation would be launched into the Hale payoffs. Said a White House staff member, bending if not breaking the no-gloat rule: "I don't know much, but I know that all makes...
...Boris Yeltsin (who blamed Mir's woes on "the human factor"), has hit the ground fighting. "They can convict me," he says, "but what'll they do when the next crisis comes?" Though the new crew on Mir has been beset by their own troubles, Tsibliyev won't gloat. "If the crew weren't prepared, they'd be on the ground. No one gets a free ride into the cosmos...
...Soviet empire is so passe. Diplomats gloat over the fall of the evil empire while economists gleefully herald the triumph of The Market. The same liberal intellectuals who had once defended the notion of a socialist society now denounce it as merely another imperialist ideology propagated by dead white guys. It seems like Sovietism has been permanently relegated to being a invaluable subject of academic research and a provider of military medals, fur hats and other stylishly hip cold war memorabilia. Gone are the missiles, air-raid drills, and fallout shelters. And Tom Clancy's early books can be safely...
Although our home-town affiliations may seem to divide us, I think they ultimately bring us together. After all, I'm sure my, dormmates will be thrilled when I host the week-long celebration of the Patriots' Super Bowl victory. And I won't gloat for too long...