Word: plum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fellowship program was initiated in 1988 to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of New York's international Law firm Skadden, Meagher & Flom, said Susan Butler Plum, a lawyer in the firm who serves as the director of the selection committee...
...humbling. "There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits," he writes, "than this distant image of our tiny world." To say nothing of the folly of wars, which from space would appear to be little more than "the squabbles of mites on a plum...
...show struts the ageless panache of the 36 Rockettes in five precision prances, notably as a parade of wooden soldiers and as Raggedy Anns whose letter blocks eventually spell out merry christmas and a happy new year. A new version of The Nutcracker, with teddy bear dancers as sugar plum fairies, Arabian houris and Chinese pandas, is delicate, funny, winning. The climactic Nativity tableau -- teeming with camels, sheep, donkeys and some robust piety -- is bold enough to remind the audience who the real star of Christmas is. And, yes, there's a brisk, fanciful version of the Scrooge story...
...World Trade Organization warned today that failure by the U.S. to ratify the deal next month could dissolve the entire accord, which is set to go into effect Jan. 1. But Clinton need not worry on this account: the pro-business, pro-NAFTA G.O.P. will probably give Clinton this plum so they can claim they're being conciliatory -- as they torpedo other Clinton plans.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
...says that the U.S. should not talk to Syria.The question is whether the U.S. should reward an intransigent -- forget terrorist -- Syria with the ultimate presidential plum. The laying on of hands is earned by those who, like King Hussein of Jordan, make peace, not those who only dangle it while playing dirty games on the side...