Word: ironic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lugagge is too heavy, I don't want to pay for the cab to the airport-I want to take the T. I have to take out some things from this unbearably heavy suitcase. But not the steel iron. Not my boom box. Definitely not the six pairs of shoes, it's the damn economics textbook that is weighing me down. The could cause me serious back problems. With exams coming up after break. I need to be healthy. I know! I'll catch up on the reading over reading period, in between watching all those lecture videos. After...
...Russian President must be aware that Chechnya has been a political catastrophe for him. The question is what lessons he will draw from the experience. Will he conclude that restive provinces across Russia can be held in check only with an iron fist? He could be feeling so isolated and friendless that he will throw in with hard-line loyalists in the Defense Ministry and the intelligence services...
...come in two types: many the size of one star, and others believed to be as large as a million or more stars, which lie in the middle of galaxies. Today's findings seem to show that the second type does exist. Lemonick said, "This is not absolute, iron-clad proof that's it a black hole but it's such strong evidence that nobody doubts...
...Anger's protagonist, Jimmy Porter, a bear with poisoned claws, a creature of sadistic, pathetic, possessive, unflagging rage -- rage at the world in general and at any woman in particular, notably his wife Alison. His simmering emotional violence may provoke Alison to break into tears, shy a hot iron at him or walk out. Yet Jimmy sees himself as a Byronic figure, the last righteous romantic. No one can feel things as intensely as he; no one can feel so bereft or betrayed. He can connect with people only when they are at the whip ends of his invective...
...iron on both ends of Briggs Cage took a beating as Harvard and Northeastern combined for 76 missed shots during the Crimson's 65-58 victory over the Huskies. But all the clanging metal worked to Harvard's advantage; the home team pulled down an amazing 50 rebounds to ensure the victory...