Word: knightings
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Surely, cried the baseball purists, this is no longer the sport of Reggie Jackson, of Kirk Gibson, of Ray Knight and Joe Carter...
...members solicited contributions from them this year during conversations about pending legislation. "It's raw; it's distasteful," one of the lobbyists says. "Al's guys reach through the phone and say, 'We're helping you, and you have to help us.'" In a recent survey of Washington lobbyists, Knight-Ridder Newspapers reported that three lobbyists complained that D'Amato sought contributions from them while they had legislative business on his desk. One of the lobbyists told Knight-Ridder that a D'Amato aide called him after a meeting with the Senator to ask how it had gone. When...
...group of leading columnists and reporters may end the two-week strike against both major Detroit newspapers. Sixunionsrepresenting 2,500 workers walked off their jobs at the Gannett-owned Detroit News and Knight-Ridder's Free Press on July 13 over proposed job cuts and pay changes. But the journalists, who include sportswriter Mitch Albom, film critic Susan Stark, and veteran auto writer Doron Levin, tell TIME Daily that they have run out of patience with what they say is mostly aTeamsterissue (which the publishers characterize as "featherbedding"), one that is hurting their papers financially as the strike continues. Says...
Camelot is, in spirit, more a modern gated community than a myth- enshrouded 6th century realm. And the great romance that was played out there--legend's Ur-Triangle--comes across in First Knight as not much more consequential than suburban adultery. Or, to be strictly accurate, adulterous yearnings. Guinevere and Lancelot never actually consummate their affair in this movie. A couple of kisses aside, they sin entirely in their heads, and then quite guiltily. One can easily imagine them as Gwen and Lance, furtively smooching on the 18th tee during a country-club dance, or stealing glances across...
Passion, courage, honor, loyalty and betrayal--these form the foundation of the story of Arthur. And by bringing out these qualities, First Knight succeeds completely and incomparably...