Word: lifted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...glow from within. They glide solemnly across the stage, occasionally sinking to the floor or collapsing into one another's arms. Sometimes they pause in a dreamy tableaux, their arms reaching toward the heavens. At times, however, the religious motif becomes too heavy-handed, as when six women lift the seventh into a distinct crucifixion pose and walk reverently in a circle with her body...
While the Democrats barnstormed Middle America, Bush wasted August. The President was late getting organized, late appointing James Baker to pull his floundering campaign together, late settling on a theme -- a good three months behind on almost everything. In contrast to the lift Clinton got out of the Democratic Convention, Bush got almost none from the Republican meeting. In fact, August set a pattern that held until almost the end of the fall campaign and very nearly turned it from main event to nonevent. Right through the first two debates the story was Clinton holding a big lead, Bush flailing...
With one mighty swing, Dave Winfield exorcized his demons and wrought revenge upon his foremost tormentor, slugging an 11th-inning, two-run double Saturday night to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to their first World Series title...
BASEBALL NEEDED A LIFT. THE SEASON HAD BEEN ONE long raspy bore, both on the field (with its dearth of thrilling pennant races) and off (with the resignation of contentious commissioner Fay Vincent). But many middling fans think of baseball as the October game. All might be redeemed if the league- championship series could provide an emotional home...
...tour of our facilities went wonderfully, and it gave our workers just the lift that they needed," Sullivan said. "They all had questions, and some of them were answered today, just by Gov. Weld showing his support for the people here...