Word: grander
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...courthouse read DON'T BLAME THE NANNY, BLAME THE MOTHER. And observers of the trial who wrote, called talk radio and clogged the Internet did indeed blame the mother, ophthalmologist Deborah Eappen. Eappen became the embodiment of yuppie scum, a single-minded careerist pursuing psychic rewards and a grander house while leaving her newborn with an inexperienced teenager with a taste for Boston nightlife...
...African Americans, Asians, Hispanics as well as one Croatian immigrant clap their hands, rocking with the zealotry of the converted as they all sing Lord, Purify My Heart. On the small scale of Lawton's First Assembly of God church, the inspiration is palpable, touching, poignant. But in the grander scheme, the Bible verse raises other questions: Who on earth will command? And who must obey...
...already scooped up the top prospects, leaving many who may be burdened by drug addiction, physical abuse, too many children or too little education. Lots of these folks would prefer to be working. But the more cynical think they never will. "The scale of the challenges is so much grander than the scale of the remedies that one can't be euphoric," says former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who is less than thrilled with the reform legislation...
...Aykroyd's Grocer, a goofily rational rival determined either to bring him into a hired killers' union that he is intent on forming or, failing that, to off the competition. Curiously enough, Grocer and his henchmen blend quite easily into the suburban scene. Grosse Pointe may have grander homes and less snow than, say, Fargo, but spiritually they are sister cities--places where everyone tries to maintain an air of chipper blandness in the face of postmodernism's disorder...
...bestest friend," as Sarah Ferguson called her ex-husband, is apparently different. Cash-strapped Fergie is moving in with her amiable Andrew. The tabs reported Fergie and her daughters staying in the servants' rooms at Andrew's Sunninghill Park residence, but her people insist they are in grander quarters. The free digs will save Fergie $9,800-a-month rent while she finds a permanent home. And visiting daddy, of course, will be a lot easier...