Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...denouement. The victory came with such merciless ease that on the winners' side, the deeper levels of experience (nobility, sacrifice, endurance and so on) were not engaged. The victors now celebrate mostly their relief that they have escaped what might have been. By the Fourth of July, the glorious moment will seem a long time...
...after four glorious years wearing number 29, Vuke has emerged as one of the best players in college hockey. Many people, including players on the Harvard team, consider him to be the best of his prominent classmates and the most legitimate NHL prospect on the Crimson squad...
...couldn't imagine having played anywhere else. And especially not in Minnesota. After all, as a Golden Gopher Vukonich would have been on the opposing side of Ed Krayer's magical goal in 1988. Instead, Vuke centered the third line on the national championship Crimson and had his most glorious moment ever in a hockey uniform...
...defiance of the dreaded mukhabarat, or secret police. The most common complaint has been the misery caused by the war. But this can be only the beginning. When the defeated troops return home with their stories of what really happened on the battlefield, Saddam's claims of a glorious victory will be further undermined. "There will be a lot of opposition to Saddam inside Iraq," observes Jamal Sha'ir, a former Jordanian Cabinet minister. "People will feel, 'You are the one who sank us. You can't be the one to correct things...
...must be ignored. Bush is fundamentally a political animal, and he knows that in the long run he must have the nation behind him. Timing has become almost everything. Swift, decisive action is imperative. Not since World War II has the world waited and watched for such a grimly glorious bugle call...