Word: lightens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Susan was stunned. Obviously Bill hadn't told Hillary anything. She laughed nervously, trying to lighten the mood. "You have a problem? Well, O.K., no big deal." Susan took back the paper, rose stiffly and went straight back to Jim's office...
...delusion that politics is an end in itself. After all, it is very easy to equate it to gaming and make a sport of it. The farcical nature of Washington life, combined with personalities galore and the definite win-lose scoreboard on every bill and election, do much to lighten the serious business of government. Seen in this light, politics is only nominally different from baseball. The front page news holds little greater levity than that on the back page...
...skylight will lighten up the great hall and the floor below through a recess in the floor of the atrium. The final renovation plans were reviewed and supported by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the same organization who bestowed the award last year upon Harvard for the restoration of Harvard Yard...
...admits that her release raises more questions than it answers. "Was it just a publicity stunt?" she asked TIME. "Or was it designed to get more investment from abroad? Was it merely a way to lighten international pressure, or was it really for the good of the nation for all of us to work together? I certainly hope it is the latter, but only time will tell." At the same time, she has been painstakingly cautious in her statements. She confessed to a natural affinity for the military because her father, Burmese nationalist hero Aung San, was a general...
...League for Democracy were cutting back a six-year growth of grass and weeds. As for the precise reason for her release, the "Lady" could only speculate: "Was it just a publicity stunt, or was it designed to get more investment from abroad? Was it merely a way to lighten international pressure, or was it really for the good of the nation for all of us to work together? I certainly hope it is the latter, but only time will tell. Most people are just keeping their fingers crossed...