Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Arby, no stranger to great expectations, carries the burden more lightly on his glorious Symphony or Damn, perhaps because he had already fallen such a far distance. His 1987 Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby demonstrated a surging talent. You could hear Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke in his voice, the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix in his songs. D'Arby quickly got sidetracked from his talent and ensnared in hype, and his second album, full of the kind of brashness that comes from uncertainty, stiffed badly. Symphony or Damn was his last big chance...
...than President Clinton has proposed -- but not without taking more political heat than the Republicans have shown an interest in taking. By all means, let's have a serious debate about the role of government. Bob Dole can kick it off by endorsing the Kasich plan in all its glorious detail. I really hope he does. In fact, I dare...
...wore a plastic Star of David around their neck, while others wore a thin gold band on their finger. Koresh spoke openly about the details of sex to prepare them for intercourse. "Sexual themes were associated with pleasing Koresh," says Perry, "and procreating ((to fill)) the earth with his glorious seed...
...give a new meaning to the term green thumb. The goal of the back-to-natives style of gardening is to blend the landscapes of private homes into the natural world around them. Why should Texans plant daffodils and tulips when native bluebonnets and prairie paintbrushes create such glorious displays? Why should Southern Californians, who are trying to reduce water consumption, plant thirsty impatiens rather than the vivid wildflowers that decorate nearby hillsides? Why should Chicago suburbanites plant petunias and geraniums but scorn the coneflowers and compass plants that once delighted westbound pioneers...
...last week, two matronly charter subscribers to Tony Randall's National Actors Theater sat debating how much longer they could be patient as the company evolves from the third-rate productions of its first season to the mostly second-rate ones now. The women never expected anything quite as glorious as the marketing ballyhoo: America's best actors performing the world's greatest plays. But as one said, "We're guinea pigs." Although they grumblingly concluded they would renew, their conversation reflected the low stature N.A.T. has attained, save for an intelligent, innovative The Seagull. This "national" troupe is like...