Word: glorious
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...with a capsule biography of people who embody contemporary concerns. Most of them are women from France, which Zeldin describes as his "laboratory."TIME critic John Elsonsays the book (HarperCollins; 488 pages; $25) "offers a quirky but intellectually dazzling view of human history as a potential guide to a glorious future...
...genial tongue lashing. The hapless soprano assigned to cover for Kiri Te Kanawa should she get sick had a bad day, going left when she should have gone right, up the stairs when she belonged on the ground, picking a prop flower off cue. At the beginning of the glorious duet in which the heroine learns that Boccanegra is her father, she began playfully fingering his shirt. For the umpteenth time, Del Monaco charged down the aisle. "Stop! Stop, stop, stop!" he yelled. "What are you doing? You look like you want to screw him. Stay away...
...takes time out from celebrating his 44th birthday to broadcast his spin on my interview before it appears, criticizing me for trying to get Rush to criticize Newt, criticizing me for not criticizing the Democrats, criticizing me for being a reporter. "I tell you, folks, it's another glorious reason why you're fortunate to have me as your host because the real story here is how the Democrats are falling apart, and you will not find this in the Mainstreamliberalpress...
Hence the glorious relief of those recent holiday meals. The food is unreformed, archaic, predictable -- mashed potatoes and gravy, overcooked veggies, huge slabs of pie. It's democratic, if not downright egalitarian -- meaning pretty much the same collection of foodstuffs whether you dine in a mansion or a soup kitchen. We can give thanks, with a chorus of satisfied belches, that the food is for once meant just to be filling, and that the only entertainment we're likely to find at the table is the people who are seated around...
...three of you who are still here in Cambridge on this glorious Tuesday, I'd like to submit my Top Ten List for best stories of the Fall of 1994. I know I'm leaving several notable events, but it just isn't possible to include everything...