Word: smarting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Atkinson are anchored at Wotho, an obscure spot in the Marshall Islands, Typhoon Gay roars in. There is sanctuary ashore in the island's church, which is strong enough to withstand the wind. The couple decide to stay onboard to try to ride out the storm at anchor. Not smart. The typhoon makes directly for Wotho Island, rips loose Lord Jim and its middle-aged lovers (who have not even got their life jackets inflated and strapped on properly). The typhoon beats the boat to pieces on the coral. It tears Susan from the feckless Gordon's arms. She goes...
...investigation into private lives," says Branegan. "[Former Clinton press secretary] Mike McCurry called it 'telling the truth slowly,' but I don?t think it?s done Bush any good, dragging it out like this." It?s the lesson every politician swears by ?- full, early disclosure is the only smart play anymore ?- until it happens to them. Bush?s Pandora?s box is mostly open, and he?s caught in the worst of worlds. He?s essentially admitted to it ?- "Over 20 years ago, I did some things... I made some mistakes and I learned from those," Bush said Thursday...
...investigation into private lives," says Branegan. "[Former Clinton press secretary] Mike McCurry called it 'telling the truth slowly,' but I don?t think it?s done Bush any good, dragging it out like this." It?s the lesson every politician swears by ? full, early disclosure is the only smart play anymore ? until it happens to them. Bush?s Pandora?s box is mostly open, and he?s caught in the worst of worlds. He?s essentially admitted to it ? "Over 20 years ago, I did some things... I made some mistakes and I learned from those," Bush said Thursday...
...much anymore. The song reveals a crystalline voice full of wonderful shadings and with a soulful ring that sets her apart in the overhyped teen market. If bookmakers take odds on who will be a bigger star after Aguilera's self-titled debut album comes out Aug. 24, the smart money won't be on Durst...
...other characters: jut-jawed Kent Mansley, the funny-dumb government agent who has bought into the whole duck-and-cover thing; Dean, the beatnik junk sculptor whose cool helps thwart Kent's heat; Hogarth's mother, an old-fashioned, benignly clueless sit-com mom. Together they create a smart live-and-let-live parable, full of glancing, acute observations on all kinds of big subjects--life, death, the military-industrial complex--that you can talk about with the kids for a long time to come...