Word: phoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Saturday morning dawned bright and clear, the tent on the lawn looked like fluffs of whipped cream, the flags snapped at full staff, the caterers and florists prepared for the 275 guests due for the 6 p.m. ceremony. But by 8:30 a.m. the family was on the phone, calling the wedding guests, telling them not to come. And as it has so many times before, the Kennedy compound became the gathering place for friends and relatives haunted by fear and grief. They held Mass on the porch, with about 50 family members and three priests praying "for the safety...
...movie progresses, Bronchant's true nature is revealed as well. Despite his snide comments and apparent dislike of Pignon, Bronchant still needs his "idiot" to help him out, whether by physically carrying him up the stairs or making phone calls. At one point, Bronchant reveals that the reason he only has expensive wines in his home is because he worked very hard his whole life so that he doesn't have to drink cheap wine. Therefore the audience sees through the upper-bourgeois crust that hides Bronchant's low upbringing just as Pignon's idiocy never obscures his human qualities...
...other seasons of the year, this circle of friends would be almost entirely out of touch, minus the occasional e-mail forward or chain letter. Come summer, however, we would come together most naturally and go to every movie showing in the theaters, have long conversations on the phone, go on crazed shopping trips, plus all the other regular summer bonding experiences. Our times together are always memorable. It was with these friends that we all felt most comfortable, as it was senseless trying to act mature when we were surrounded by people who have seen all the childishness...
...after the summer is over, we would go back to our schools in different countries, vowing that we would keep in touch. But once we go back to our separate lives with our own sets of friends and experiences, we would inevitably lose touch again, forgetting birthdays and misplacing phone numbers. Each of us would again look forward to the next summer, wondering how much more we would seem strangers to one another when we get together again...
...Ulster Unionist Party brought last year?s peace agreement crashing to a standstill Thursday by refusing to take their seats in the new Northern Ireland assembly, insisting they would boycott until the IRA begins to disarm. Having failed to navigate a way through the impasse, Britain picked up the phone overnight and summoned former U.S. senator George Mitchell to reprise the crucial mediating role he played in last year?s agreement. "They?re hoping he?ll pull something out of a hat," says TIME London correspondent Helen Gibson. "While everyone is talking about picking up the pieces, there...