Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...extreme lowlight occurred when one of the other coaches, with as much charm as Albert Belle, cursed us out and challenged us to a fight on the field after he thought we were intentionally walking a runner. That player happened to strike out, and thankfully the big bully was given a temporary suspension by the league...
...Dole said welfare and other Great Society programs represent the failures of liberalism: "Today, it stands as its greatest shame; a grand failure that has crushed the spirit, destroyed the families and decimated the culture of those who have become enmeshed in its web." Clinton had launched a preemptive strike on Saturday when he announced his support for Wisconsin's plan that ends the guarantee of welfare benefits and requires all recipients to work. TIME's J.F.O. McAllister says Dole can't let Clinton play to draw on the welfare issue. "Dole is trying to make himself seem tougher than...
...Prime Minister with about 49% of the vote to Netanyahu's 45%. Wooing enough floaters to push him over the 50% threshold depends on a continuation of the respite from terrorism that Israel has enjoyed in recent weeks. Labor insiders confide they are extremely fearful Palestinian bombers will strike anew, especially given that security officials have evidence they are trying hard to do just that. According to a survey last week, most Israelis believe if there is no new terror attack, Peres will win, and if there is a fresh assault, a plurality think Netanyahu will triumph...
...irony is that these economic statistics, which so frightened the markets, actually tell us that higher growth is possible without inflation. The real rate of inflation for the first quarter was 2.1%, with no sign of any upward pressure; actual growth was understated because of the General Motors strike and the winter blizzard. And remember, inflation statistics are generally believed to be overstated at least...
That's pretty much the plot, which may strike you as either a maddeningly elusive tale or a haunting parable of disconnection and existential terror. Gerald Gutierrez's tight, tense direction makes a good case for the latter. So do actors like Rosemary Harris and George Grizzard, who seem to have lived in their roles for years (only Elaine Stritch, as Agnes' boozy sister, betrays a bit of Broadway shtick). When Grizzard drops his air of befuddled decorum for a climactic aria of rage and resolve ("I want your plague! You've got some terror with you? Bring...