Word: sun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...begun as spontaneous revolts in a few southern cities turned all of the country into a Mad Max movie: children brandishing grenades and automatic rifles; wholesale looting; and frenetic, random gunfire--an utter collapse of civil authority. Foreign nationals were fleeing the country, many by helicopter airlift. Small, sun-washed Albania had become the state of Anarchia...
...sun is shining in an azure sky, mockingbirds are chirping in the snow-white blossoms of the pear trees, and the bees are buzzing from one glorious daffodil to another. It is early March, the middle of Lent, and Catholics all over the world are immersed in contemplation and penance over the passion and suffering of Christ. But just outside the chapel where David Burton is teaching a class for new Catholic initiates, on the green grounds of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville, Tennessee, the season seems intent on fast-forwarding beyond late winter and penance right into...
...sentimentalize the '90s' designated anarchist. It's wrong to push characters like Carrey's toward mainstream lovability. Danger, with just the slightest touch of lonely-guy geekiness, is his business. Maybe The Cable Guy was miscalculated, but one would rather see Carrey heading for those dark woods than toward sun-splashed suburbia and the cheerfully romantic ending of this film...
Even warmer and farther south is Bermuda, where the Radcliffe Pitches, the Din and Tonics, the Krokodiloes and the Hasty Pudding Theatricals will sun themselves--and perform...
...bridesmaid in the Ivy League last season, has a legitimate shot to win the Ancient Eight. A talented group of junior outfielders and some phenomenal sophomore pitchers will undoubtedly make for a lot of wins this season. I'm actually fired up about the baseball team, but when the sun goes down around 6 p.m. and the wind starts to pick up, Soldiers Field can get pretty damn cold pretty quick. I'll probably attend a couple of ballgames, but not without my mittens (that last statement about "mittens" was self-mocking; I don't actually own mittens...