Word: leaven
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...studio in lower Manhattan, Firing Line finally ran out of ammunition. Hosted for 33 years by the conservative intellectual William F. Buckley Jr., the show taped its final installment, which will air on PBS stations the week of Dec. 26. Blue and white balloons had been set out to leaven the gloom, as had a panel of younger pundits, including Michael Kinsley and William Kristol. Their conversation was unhurried and intelligent, as it always is on Firing Line. Watching it all, you couldn't help thinking that something more than a TV show was passing away...
...playwright and former opera singer, Quinn uses his love of stage and song to leaven the weekly mix of prime ministers and corporate titans with a sprinkling of actors, jazzmen and radio stars. "He lobbies hard for the most obscure people, then does them proud," says assistant editor Sidney Urquhart. "Sometimes we have to remind him that a head of state has passed away and we don't have room for that long-forgotten mimic...
...felt that I was a little too old to spend even six months in Leaven worth,"Wechsler says. So the decided to wait. Now, hesays he feels the political climate is morefavorable for his return...
...Enemy, My Love is a comprehensive introduction to the ever-present difficulties arising from relations between men and women. Leaven observes that "all intimate relationships involve a constant pushing and pulling between the desire to merge and the need for separation." As long as men and women seek to understand each other, Leaven's thoroughly researched book will provide a rewarding and enjoyable experience...