Word: savoring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reston, and many others, had it figured out a year or so ago that Ronald Reagan, House turned 73 on Monday, could barely wait to leave the White House and get to the Pacific hills to savor fully his golden years...
...Eagle fans had special reasons to savor the win, as their team had finally escaped the can't win rap that had plagued it through three championship game losses to underdog opponents. But it certainly fit the pattern of the last few years B.C. could only win when least expected...
...range plan has been met with some support on Capitol Hill, it is nevertheless losing backers within the Administration itself, who steadfastly oppose any tax hikes. Feldstein's mistake seems to be that he has been vocal in his support of the plan, something which the administration does not savor. Disagreement has centered, then, not on policy but on politics; the Chairman's propensity to harp publicly on the importance of decreasing the deficit has caused disaffection in Washington among officials who him that the Economics department professor is "playing to Harvard" and seeking to maintain "academic largely...
...when you've just signed a movie contract worth $40 million. (This is a pose Pryor's sassy "godson," Eddie Murphy, avoided in his delirious HBO concert last month, the better to strut his glitter and gift for mimicry.) But even back-burner Pryor is hot enough. Savor the funny bits on herpes, abortion clinics, nuclear holocausts and men's-room etiquette. And tune in next year for The Pryor Next Time...
Raymond Carver's A Small, Good Thing is precisely that: the progress of a couple recovering from the death of their son, rediscovering the savor of life at a bakery: "They swallowed the dark bread. It was like daylight under the fluorescent trays of light . . . and they did not think of leaving." Carver's tale is distinguished not only for its deceptively simple, ultimately haunting style, but for its history. The original version was published in a collection of stories two years ago. Carver might have let it languish there; instead he chose to rework the material, enriching...