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...refuge and anxiety. But home, 742 North Evergreen Terrace, is where the show's heart is, where everyone's despair is muted by familial love. Homer (whom the writers hold in a sort of amazed contempt) bumbles into some egregious fix. Marge fusses and copes. Lisa sublimates her rancor by playing her sax. And Bart is...Bart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cartoon Character BART SIMPSON | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...unseemly spectacle," Bush said, referring to the "rancor" which the accusations of sexual improprieties by President Clinton have created...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Reflects on Successes, Failures of White House Years | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

Bush began to criticize the "intrusive nature of the national press" as partly responsible for the "rancor" on Washington, but he cut himself short, saying he was advised that bashing the press is "beneath...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Reflects on Successes, Failures of White House Years | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...dinner was characterized by a great amount of listening, respect and a very clear, clear absence of rancor or one upmanship or disagreement," she said...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clinton Chats With Harvard Profs. | 1/21/1998 | See Source »

...Sunil Eappen was willing to say that while "I think that Louise has done a brutal thing, I truly hope that she may someday find the peace of God in her life again." Deborah Eappen chose not to address Woodward in court. She had already hinted at a deep rancor. Two days earlier, speaking to Bryant Gumbel on CBS's Public Eye, she recalled how Woodward had "once told me she didn't want to have children," and added, "Part of me really hopes she doesn't have that joy in her life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A STUNNING VERDICT | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

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