Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatest share of credit, however, must be given to the lighting crew. From the soft blues that hovered behind the umbrellas-in-the-rain ballet to the glaring reds that extracted terrified screams from the dancers, the lights played a key role in the constantly-shifting mood of the dance...
...Lord Windemere who immediately recognizes it there, the fan signifies lost honor and he demands explanation. Someone must come claim the fan and rescue virtue. Mrs. Erlynne, who, prior to that moment, had done nothing soft-hearted or commendable in her entire life, saves the day. For one crucial moment when honor will most certainly be challenged, Erlynne shows courage. That's Wilde's kind of hero...
...Senate Foreign Relations Committee disagrees, saying it could "alienate our allies" as well as causing a logjam in the courts. The Administration's sudden shift reveals an eye on the upcoming elections as well as sensitivity to Republican calls for sweeping measures and accusations that Clinton is "soft on Castro." The bill, which has strong congressional support, is expected to speed through the House and Senate for approval early next week...
Consider Antigua, for example, a low-lying island with beaches of soft white sand where both British royals and rockers like to vacation. Under decades of rule by Vere Bird Sr., the tiny island with a population of only 63,000 became one of the most corrupt in the region, long known for sheltering traffickers in armaments and drugs. According to U.S. intelligence sources, Bird's son Vere Jr. has been tied to a 1990 plot to establish a school that would train mercenaries to fight for the Medellin cartel. He was also involved, they say, in covert gun shipments...
...TIME's Cathy Booth. "The general attitude in Florida is that Clinton's measures are not nearly enough. He didn't even cut off the flow of money transfers from Cubans in America, which has been done in the past. Clinton is just placating the Republicans who call him soft on Castro...