Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beery, smelly" middle-aged men. Forget artificial hormones too, since they are marketed by evil, male- dominated multinational corporations. The only point of agreement between Sheehy and Greer is that menopause is a soul-shattering change, a passage to a new life -- in Sheehy's more upbeat view, a stern confrontation with death; in Greer's scheme, a time to put aside worldly things (coffee and tea as well as sex) and take up witchcraft or, depending on one's tastes, religion...
...practice, the intense young coach makes sure his players keep that outlook. Beginning each practice with a brief speech that outlines the team's recent games and its goals for the next week, Freed is stern and tough, but at the same time hopeful. He tries to keep the work in perspective, peppering his sometimes tough Vince Lombardi language with jokes. In practice, Freed the storyteller sometimes plays Freed the prankster. At a recent Tuesday evening session, Freed called on freshman Jake Bassett to entertain the team with a song...
...parents of Paul and Norman turn in a good performance as well, despite somewhat limiting roles. Kind-hearted Mrs. Maclean (Brenda Blethyn) plays off the stern father, both demonstrating their love in the way best suited to their sex--she dotes while he purses his lips. It might be a little stereotypical, but Redford is trying to recreate the ideal America...
CLINTONBUSH PEROT Reprimands 4 8, including one stern lecture on the rules from moderator Jim Lehrer 6 Non-Answers Only one. Only one. 4, including 3 on the same question (which he never did answer) Power Accessories Black suit, a reprisal of the light blue shirt from last time, red tie with blue dot pattern. Black suit, very bright red tie, with blue and yellow flecks. Bush's flecks were larger than Clinton's dots. Gray suit, tie with wide diagonal dark, medium and light blue stripes. First tie without any red in the debates. Body Language .Looks of Utter...
...less) accurately located such distant places as Iceland and Ceylon. Improvements in rigging enabled the construction of larger, more maneuverable ships with both square-rigged and fore-and-aft sails. The development of the quadrant (an Arabic invention) and magnetic compass (possibly from China) made navigation more accurate; the stern- fastened rudder made ship handling easier...