Word: soaring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...political agitprop informed the '30s, AIDS has defined American theater this past decade -- both in the ravaging of the creative community and in the flowering of dramas on the subject. There are angry plays (The Normal Heart), sweet plays (As Is), pageants (Angels in America) and musicals (Falsettos). Some soar into poignant metaphor. Prelude to a Kiss and Marvin's Room are really about responsibilities of marriage and family; the plays say that relationships of love or blood must be sustained even as the objects of our affection sink into confusion or decay. Love means always having to be there...
According to The Times, the magazine, whichcurrently has a circulation of about 200,000, isseen among Business School administrators as a"potential gold mine whose revenues could soar to$100 million under the proper management...
...couple of grandparents to feed, who suddenly find themselves belly up. Among the things that happen to Betsy and Tom in the course of just seven days: they lose their jobs, their daughter's college is closed, their credit cards are canceled, their bank fails, their food costs soar, their son is seriously injured when a poorly maintained bridge collapses and the car he's in plunges into a river. By week's end a newspaper headline explains everything: DOLLAR IN FREE FALL, cries the paper, NATION IS BANKRUPT. Figgie isn't talking about mere possibilities here. In his view...
...have the talent to repeat," said Doyle. "But right now we want to work on perfecting technical aspects of the game. You can't play great squash for four months. The time to soar is in January...
...soar they will...