Word: spirits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think we should make this a whole weekend of activities--a pep rally, a tailgate and then a victory party," said Rudd W. Coffey '97, a member of the Campus Life Committee. "It really gets people into the spirit of things...
...opposing ads, the anger so evident in the 1994 congressional results seemed to be muted this time. Certainly there was no absence of mudslinging; some of the races could rank with the dirtiest ever. But in a time of peace and prosperity there was little throw-the-bums-out spirit evident in the electorate. Quite the opposite: there appeared to be a disposition to let incumbents stay, which helped Republican Senators and Representatives almost as much as it benefited Bill Clinton...
...both sides of the party divide too there was talk of a newly chastened spirit. Former Gingrich revolutionaries at times confessed that, well, maybe they had tried to go too fast. Even the intensely partisan and conservative Funderburk caught this spirit. The past two years, he said, had had "a sobering effect" on the Republican class of '94. "You're slapped in the face by the reality that you can't make things happen overnight," he said. "We're going to have to project a more conciliatory image." Funderburk himself could not manage to do so, at least...
Merging the buccaneering MCI culture with tradition-bound BT could prove tricky. To preserve MCI's independent spirit, Roberts will serve as co-chairman with BT chief Iain Vallance and remain at MCI headquarters in Washington...
...Christmas and Thanksgiving fit our family profile very well," says CBS Entertainment president Les Moonves. And this year, he adds, the network is embracing the spirit of the season more feverishly than ever. That means viewers can look forward to a new round of holiday specials from Kathie Lee Gifford and Martha Stewart, who invites NYPD Blue's Dennis Franz to join her for the merrymaking and cookie baking...