Word: keys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Royal Family have long had this reality embedded in their natures, and last week in King Edward VIII's hour of sorest indecision it tipped the scales. He left England as the eldest son who has locked a rattling skeleton in the Empire's closet and thrown away the key...
...Roosevelt telephoned to Secretary of State Hull at the Carlton Hotel, also to Under Secretary of State Welles, Secretary of War Woodring, Acting Secretary Edison of the Navy. Acting Secretary of the Treasury John Hanes was roused. Lights went on in all Washington's key executive offices. Before breakfast time, the President was ready with the only gesture he could think of in the face of world disaster: a plea to Germany, Poland, Britain, France, Italy to refrain from bombing "open" cities and noncombatants. Within a few hours the heads of all these nations replied, in a chorus that sounded...
...better than Jackie. "I feel as though I had just turned into a piece of public property," she said recently. "It's really frightening to lose your anonymity at 31." Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's struggle to maintain her own separate and private identity has been lifelong. It is the key to her past--and to her future...
...became the story, when he suggested to a Chicago Tribune reporter that Clinton's ultimate explanation of his relationship with Lewinsky was not likely to be simple or innocent. (McCurry later explained his comments as "a lapse in my sanity.") Even McCurry's famous jokes are a bit off key these days. Last week, after addressing an assembly of Governors' press secretaries, McCurry told them he'd like to do it again at their next meeting. "Of course, I might not be here next year," he quipped. "But then again, Clinton might not be here either...
...looked a little silly. It didn't seem like a triumph or an accomplishment. It felt, actually, like a big, icky group hug. But, argues Auriemma, this wasn't about records, it was about appreciation for a key player who wasn't going to enjoy the end of her final season. A befuddled Auriemma feels crucified, wondering why anyone would pick on women for showing teamwork, respect and appreciation...