Word: standardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...orgies show WHRB at its nonpareil best;they set a standard probably unsurpassed anywherein the world," Levin says...
...instance, you know something is askew when conservatives start pining for the days when the liberal Ivy League elite ruled. Yet, shocking as it may seem, such a sentiment can be found in the October 5 issue of The Weekly Standard--a conservative magazine edited by Dan Quayle's onetime chief-of-staff William Kristol and bankrolled by Newt Gingrich's publisher media tycoon Rupert Murdoch...
...Democrats hope people will also focus on Starr's de facto messenger in Congress, House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Attacking Gingrich is a standard Democratic ploy, but in the Lewinsky affair it had been hard to do as long as Gingrich stayed behind the curtain, venturing forth only to make high-minded statements about the need for civility at a moment of this historic magnitude. But on Wednesday he went before the microphones--without Judiciary committee chairman Henry Hyde--and trampled all over the idea of a censure deal that would pre-empt impeachment proceedings. He also ruminated in a closed...
...years Florence accomplished what would take others three lifetimes to do. She was a wife, a mother, an actress and a poet; she ran, she taught, she loved. Although she retired from track and field in 1989, she left a lasting mark. She raised the standard of competition and at the same time brought femininity to our sport. She showed by example that when you look great, you feel great--and when you feel great, you perform great. Florence brought to track a unique flair, style and grace, and added to them gold medals and world records. She was unquestionably...
...Hunting, again leaves his comedic training behind him in his role as Chris Nielsen, who dies in a car accident and must travel from heaven to hell to save his wife (Annabella Sciorra) after she commits suicide in despair. The premise is fraught with difficulties. Although the plot is standard quest situation, it also demands that the film deal with questions of religion, God and the afterlife. The screenplay by Ron Bass gives the standard Hollywood compromise that eliminates God from the proceedings. By setting the film on earth, City of Angels and Ghost could avoid making definite spiritual claims...