Word: plainness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea of featuring three of the world's leading tenors -- not just one, or one plus a soprano -- was extravagant and plain sexy. Ever since the initial recital there has been a constant demand for more. Says Domingo: "We could have been singing six or eight concerts a month all over the world." All three tenors have a sure sense of their image, however, and avoid overkill. They liked the original idea because they love soccer and played the game as boys. Domingo, in fact, did not accept engagements during the tournament until he knew the schedule of the Spanish...
According to Pasquarello, a plain clothesdetective in Columbia Park Terrace spotted a mansuspected of outstanding warrants yesterday ataround noon...
This is the serious film--goers mecca. Expect to see very obscure foreign films with a lot of angst. But many of them will never be released anywhere else, are cherished archival pieces arejust plain weird and entertaining. Peruse their guide or notice their billboard and take a chance...
...seeking gold were the first to find the shining key that would unlock a door to the past. In 1987 a local looter stumbled upon a royal tomb deep inside an adobe-brick pyramid near the village of Sipan in the Lambayeque River valley of Peru's northern coastal plain. The find was pillaged, and many artifacts from it soon began showing up on the international market for stolen art. Fortunately, three other tombs that have since been discovered in the pyramid were protected and excavated under the eye of an expert. As a result, a team of workers...
...Leave him alone." In plain English those three words sum up the case Bill Clinton's attorney will soon argue in his effort to defer Paula Jones' sexual- harassment lawsuit until the President leaves office. The drift of lawyer Robert Bennett's thinking has been known for some time, but sources familiar with the latest version of his brief, and the impressive appendix of historical writings that supports it, have provided TIME with the details of Bennett's argument. The key points, which highlight the inextricable connection of political and legal considerations, are these...