Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Indeed, in the current spirit of confession box speeches, she may as well do some confessing and repentance. "I was silly. I wanted to see if I could get the President. Immature, power trip, ego boost. I have sinned and I apologize to the nation, to Mr. President and his family, and to my mother for making her keep my dirty dress." Next in line is Kenny Starr and then all pollsters and pundits, waiting to purge their souls...
...Crimson, in its "never-say-die" spirit thatwas the staple of Saturday's battle, respondedagain just under five minutes later. An inspiredattack by the freshman "Croatian Sensation" MarkoSoldo led to a Harvard corner kick from the rightside. The Crimson capitalized, as sophomore RyanKelly, demonstrating textbook cranialcoordination, beat the Yale keeper with a headerto the upper right corner...
...clash. In their grief and remorse, the three lead characters start out locked in separate universes. Ethan, insulated in his study, ceaselessly revisits happier days while simultaneously dreaming of revenge, despite a father who drilled him in nonviolence. Grace drifts in an existential darkness amid her bright perennials, her spirit crisping and withering leaf by leaf. And Dwight, by far the most interesting of the three, is spellbound by the spectacle of his own guilt. No saint (he has knocked his wife down and clobbered his son), he can't quite see himself as a killer either...
...rather flaccid American response to North Korea's launch of a missile over Japan two weeks ago. For their part, U.S. officials fear that Japan's stonewalling may be a reflection of real disarray in the Obuchi government. If the trend continues, then Japan cannot expect Washington's spirit of camaraderie to last for long...
...nonsense, Bronx-born Clark, who found stardom playing sailors and soldiers in such World War II-era films as Destination Tokyo and God Is My Co-Pilot, also acted on Broadway and television. DIED. STANISLAV REMBSKI, 101, prolific portraitist with an economical style that masterfully evoked the spirit of his subjects; in Baltimore, Md. Among the best known of Rembski's 1,500 works were posthumous portraits of Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt, the latter commissioned by Eleanor...