Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this spirit, I welcomed Schlesinger's letter, but regret that the accompanying sketch may have misled readers. The planning committee has not yet recommended an architect for this project, much less chosen a specific site or design, so any representations of it would be purely conjectural. Preliminary studies have all proposed a building of 45,000 to 60,000 square feet, with additional space below grade connecting the new building to Coolidge Hall. The sketch, to my admittedly untrained eye, grossly exceeds the scale of the building represented in these studies, and implies that a location has already been determined...
...would describe my condition) lie somewhere in my genetic composition. My grandfather, bless his soul, carried on an illegal craps game in the back room of a kosher deli in Scranton, Pennsylvania. A few unfortunate brushes with local law enforcement did nothing to squash his gaming spirit and he instilled his passion in my beloved uncle. The bug seems to have skipped over my mom, but it was clear at an early age that the predilection for cards and dice had been passed on to me. In third grade I bet my teacher that Penn State would defeat Rutgers...
...quirk in this year's calendar brings to mind the question: Can presidents and valentines truly share a weekend? (Don't answer that, Mr. Clinton.) If anyone can bring the be-mine spirit to the Beltway, it's Frank Capra...
...that most varieties of philandering by middle-aged big shots imply a willingness to use women in a way that suggests an exploitative attitude toward people in general. This offends the American democratic spirit, if not the French version...
...Round Of Gulf Defense Secretary Cohen heads to Saudi Arabia and President Clinton works the phones, desperate to get allies on board for a possible attack on Iraq. What happened to the spirit of 1991? Full Story Special: Back to the Brink...