Word: stood
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really all you called for?" said Netanyahu. A few hours later, he had another surprise: flowers from Yasser Arafat. And a call from some Palestinian delegates: "May we both have a good year," they wished. Forty-eight hours later, after almost no sleep and two near walkouts, "Bibi" Netanyahu stood in the East Room of the White House, where he called Arafat his "partner" and signed a new pledge to work for peace...
...like voice of her albums. But once she began to sing, one was quickly reminded of the fragility that belies her appearance. With a faraway glance and a solemn face she swayed, at times awkwardly, to the tunes of "Pineola" and "Metal Firecracker." Like a '90s Snow White she stood almost defiantly surrounded by four of her (actually rather tall) dwarfs: electric guitarists John Jackson and Kenny Vaughn, acoustic guitarist and harmony singer Jim Lauderdale, bassist Richard M. Price and drummer Fran Bryne...
...wanted a job back then, you go to him and you got a job," Raymond told me while leaning close enough so I could smell his breath. Pointing to where city hall stood, he attacked the current black mayor, Sharpe James: "All that guy James cares about is the suburbs and the rich folks...
...September 1997 grand opening of NJPAC. On duty that night, he watched as a crowd of elegantly dressed concert-goers with $1,000 tickets waited to cross the street and enter the Center. From out of the night appeared a shuffling group of homeless men who walked up and stood silently behind them. The out-of-towners in tuxedos and evening gowns shifted uncomfortably and looked imploringly at Eddie and the other police officers to intervene, but the police did nothing. As the walk sign blinked on, both groups stepped off the curb and went their very separate ways. Eddie...
...most memorable conversation occured at an event to remember the troubled past of the city. On a sticky night in late July, I took a bus to the corner in the Central Ward where the Newark riots began 31 years before. The Rev. William Hayes housing projects once stood on this site, but now half these dead buildings have been dynamited into rubble and the rest wait to collapse. When I arrived at the 17th Avenue bus stop, a large crowd milled around preparing to march in memory of the uprising victims. Soon a youthful marching band, followed by dancers...