Word: merriment
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...city-center nightclub, called Platinum, aimed specifically at Nepal's high society, is also due to open this month. "A lot of people still believe the risk is not real," says Bhandari, the media mogul. "There's a degree of denial. History tells us there are always parties and merriment just before regimes fall...
...places you’ll go. And, the stuff you’ll say and the things you’ll occasionally leave behind in tiny chunks on the floor...when you’re drunk. But, while you’re out making merriment, there is a crew of hardworking ladies and gents around town who put in the late shift so you can enjoy the late night. They pour the next drink, they satisfy that slightly odd drunken craving for mozzarella sticks and ranch dressing and they’ll even help you find the door when...
...publishing. She landed at Town & Country, where she accidentally set a fire in a pail. She moved on to the literary journal discovery. He found a job at Simon & Schuster. Through work, the two met, and sparks flew. "Annie had a core of sweetness, shrewdness and merriment," writes Kaplan. She was "immensely attractive, a proto-feminist, self-assured, easily amused, wary of anything pretentious, street-smart, privileged without ostentation or snobbery, comfortable with luxury but unspoiled by it, and professional minded." Bernays was equally attracted. She writes, "He was adorable--sweet, a little sad, greatly humorous, generous, and blessed with...
With the help of funding from Summers’ office, the council’s traditional day of live music and merriment has been propped up by an ad campaign far surpassing the council’s past efforts...
Leading the merriment are Smith and Leahy, both wonderful as Mortimer’s kindly aunts. The strength of their performances lies in their effective juxtaposition of their gruesome acts with a genuine belief in their righteousness...