Word: relished
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Newspaper, magazine and television journalists relish commemorating, and few media outlets have allowed the occasion of the coming millennium to go uncontemplated. This week ABC weighs in with an homage to the current century. Seven years in the making, the project has cost the network $20 million, marking it as one of the most expensive undertakings in the history of the news division. Shapers of the documentary examined more than 3,000 hours of news footage and conducted hundreds of interviews...
...Richard Nixon's resignation, and some wondered whether he would ever really write this final volume. The Gerald Ford years, after all, were filled with events (communist victories in Vietnam and Cambodia, the end of detente with Russia, arms-control stalemates) that weren't exactly ripe for recounting with relish...
There are many good inns and hotels in the area, and New Bern is most definitely a place for people--residents and visitors alike--who relish being outdoors. The town is located at the confluence of the Trent and Neuse rivers, where there are annual sailing regattas as well as major seasonal fishing tournaments. Woods, streams, lakes and hiking trails can all be found in the 155,000 acres of nearby Croatan National Forest. Less than an hour away by car are the windswept dunes and white sand beaches of the Atlantic. At the shore, an aquarium and a restored...
...know I sound like a philosophe living under an illusion. My point is this: it's too easy let yourself be defined by others and to work the same magic back on them. Moreover, it's debilitating and degrading for both sides. Even if it's an illusion, I relish the chance to return to my modern self, who forges her own way, or at least feels that she does. I am not a misanthrope--I love my friends and my family. To diminish their contribution to the richness of my life and mine to theirs would be a sacrilege...
...know I sound like a philosophe living under an illusion. My point is this: it's too easy let yourself be defined by others and to work the same magic back on them. Moreover, it's debilitating and degrading for both sides. Even if it's an illusion, I relish the chance to return to my modern self, who forges her own way, or at least feels that she does. I am not a misanthrope--I love my friends and my family. To diminish their contribution to the richness of my life and mine to theirs would be a sacrilege...