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...speak. Eyes wide. So patient. He finally said, “We can sit with the Negroes if you want.”“No.”No, sir. You will hear Reverend Lewis’s sermon today. Even if it’s the rankest cow paddy that’s ever dropped out of a pulpit. I waved him forward. He waved me forward. I said, “After you.”He said, “You know where we’s goin?...

Author: By Nathan D. Johnson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: FEATURED FICTION | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...less experienced hands. Admirable attention to detail and mostly impressive acting make “The Tempest” a thoroughly enjoyable viewing experience, though a mostly superfluous one. At the end of the play, Prosporo tells Antonio that he will “forgive thy rankest fault.” The performers must hope that their comic talent will lead the audience to take the same attitude toward the play...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Comedy Quells Squall of ‘Tempest’ | 4/1/2008 | See Source »

...jobs. Arroyo has an easier lot than Aquino in 1986 - she doesn't have to dismantle a 20-year dictatorship. But Estrada left a whole lot of garbage behind, literally: Manila is inundated with uncollected trash due to bad planning by Estrada's administration. (Ironically, and possibly symbolically, the rankest part of town is now EDSA, where hundreds of thousands of Filipinos managed to evict a President and also make quite a mess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glory, Gloria! | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

...party certainly has a good musical setup and ample chip and cookie provisions. I find the famous "HRO Special Punch" a bit shady. Served with a ladle out of a large but shallow bowl, it has the rankest taste I have ever sampled, faintly resembling antifreeze mixed with stale frion. Making sure it is not just my taste, I query my pal Eran...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Just Can't Get Enough: One Night, 15 Parties | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...fallen apart because he loved the Patriots more than his wife. In light of this massive investment by fans, the fact that the recipient of such loyalty should spurn it and give his own loyalties to another team and other fans seems to the Patriots' faithful to be the rankest ingratitude...

Author: By David M. Weld, | Title: Football and Factionalism | 2/13/1997 | See Source »

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