Word: magically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nancy noted Martha's magic for being discriminating but not snobbish. "She hated geraniums, which she called the rats of the garden, and she adored daffodils. She loved Wagner and Merle Haggard, Proust and Trollope and Dick Francis, but she described lunch with Erich Segal as like having "a hot fan blowing in my face." Her interest in the British royals was complex. She loved Princess Di for her instincts but described Charles as "having the survival smarts of a baby seal...
...acts committed by unmarried persons of different sexes are not yet a crime, unless the seduction was accomplished through the use of witchcraft or "black magic," in which case the female party will be burned at the stake, as regulations require. Sex acts between people of the same sex are, of course, anatomically impossible...
...Drug Administration for sale in the U.S., the hot new diet pill has fallen short on both counts. At $200 million a year, sales are flat and lagging far behind the initial $1 billion-a-year expectations. Some who have taken Redux have discovered that it is not the magic melting potion they hoped it would be; others who were thinking of taking it have been frightened off by stories about potentially harmful side effects--including a news report (later proved false) that a woman had died after taking Redux...
...iffier question is how much traffic there will be for games that aren't as retrograde as, say, Barbie Magic Hair Styler--this fall's offering from Mattel. Some of the new titles come linked to popular books like the American Girl and Babysitters' Club series or Hollywood franchises such as Clueless and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. But a few hardy souls plan to sail unlicensed into waters that, given the hit-or-miss track record of CD-ROMs, are most kindly described as uncharted...
Harvard, however, used the right combination of skill and magic to exorcise the demons and achieve soccer nirvana. The eight returning seniors provided mass quantities of both experience and goals, and a talented group of freshmen were eager to contribute. Meanwhile, senior Peter Albers (1.06 GAA) and sophomore Jordan Dupuis (0.78 GAA) stifled opponents in front...