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Word: grandest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...memorial service was a somber reminder that for patriarch Ted, the grandest unseen achievement has been in finding a way to be a genuinely loving presence in the hearts of so many Kennedy children left fatherless. Weddings, graduations, birthdays, christenings--Teddy is always there with his booming voice, his animal imitations, his begging anyone who can pick out a tune at the piano to keep the music going. He gave Caroline away at her marriage to Edwin Schlossberg in 1986, and when it was all over, Jackie hugged him on the steps outside Our Lady of Victory on Cape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell, John | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

...beginning of the year we had a barbecue, so everyone was eating burgers and franks," says Caleb A. Gibson '99, who lives in the grandest bedroom, which he has furnished with a couch, chair and coffee table...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Barbecue to Kegerator: Harvard's Party Suites | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...beginning of the year we had a barbecue, so everyone was eating burgers and Franks," says Caleb A. Gibson '99, who lives in the grandest bedroom, which he has furnished with a couch, chair and coffee table...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTY | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

NIGHTLIFE: On the Island of Palm Beach there are three nightclubs. Only two are really worth discussing. Bradley's Tavern, once the grandest illegal casino in North America, is now a cheeseball bar that plays '80s hits at supersonic decibels. If you were a Kennedy, you would find your little brother drinking here. After last call at the country club, the true alcoholics of Palm Beach swagger to Club 251. They mingle with B-list stars and failed models turned trophy wives. Hint: pastel pants work best with yellow or orange cashmere cardigans. More traditional spring break nightlife...

Author: By Joseph I. Liebman, | Title: palm beach | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...people set them on fire, usually out of desperation or carelessness. The same people who build houses destroy them, and then they go on to build another, often a replica of the first. Like many people, I have always looked upon Clinton as a man capable of creating the grandest house on the block, and equally capable of setting it ablaze. He has arson in his blood. After the Gennifer Flowers story broke six years ago, a friend of mine offered good odds that Clinton would not make it through his term or terms without being badly burned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Regarding the Haunted House | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

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