Word: hinting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...taken action to prevent these systemic problems from happening again. Not only has he been in full cooperation with secular officials, but he also effectively volunteered more information than would even be warranted under Massachusetts statutes of limitation. Law has suspended every priest who has ever come under a hint of suspicion over the past 30 years, even at the risk of being accused of a “witch hunt” by some Catholics, as was the case with Fr. D. George Spagnolia earlier this month. Law discarded the program for his meeting with 3,000 lay Catholic...
...Hong Kong Jockey Club has been separating gambling-crazy locals from their cash for 118 years. Yet most Special Administrative Region residents speak of the horse-racing monopoly not with resentment but with a hint of veneration. When toting up personal possessions signifying ascendance in Hong Kong society, along with the Mercedes-Benz and the house on the Peak goes a Jockey Club membership card. Access to the club's posh dining rooms and exclusive turfside suites is an honor generally reserved for the ?lite, the wealthy and the connected...
...concert however, it was clear that understanding the individual lyrics is quite different from realizing his songs’ meanings. Through his music and his emotional modulation, Geffen conveyed the fundamental sense of each song. Geffen’s songs have a spirit that transcends linguistic barriers; his recordings hint at this, but in person, this spirit emerges in full force...
...watching Wagner and Hughes break down the bane of Hughes's existence, the Lutz jump. Judges had penalized Hughes repeatedly for taking off on the wrong edge, and as painstakingly frustrating as it was, Hughes practiced the jump over and over--and over and over. It was my first hint at the type of competitor Hughes is. Even then I could sense the same frustration building in her that had been welling inside Tara Lipinski four years ago: a potential champion wondering why the experts don't think she will win. Having watched Lipinski triumph in Nagano, I thought something...
...shuttle, before class, after class, waiting in line to check my e-mail in the Science Center, from the girl in the bathroom stall next to mine in Lamont…who I don’t even know, by the way. Here’s a hint: I’ve been thinking and writing about this for the last year, don’t ask that question unless you have at least two hours to spare and a penchant for making me feel like the drivel I’m feeding you tastes oh-so-delicious...