Word: sweeter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these pitfalls are the exception rather than the rule. All things considered, if you're searching for a big paycheck and a lot of free time, it should be hard to find a sweeter deal...
...still its fish. Indian River soft-shell crabs and conch are year-round regulars on menus, as are pompano, dolphinfish, yellowfin tuna and lesser-known delicacies like wahoo and cobia, both meatier, more flavorful catches. There are endless variations on snapper -- yellowtail, mangrove, hog and mutton -- all of them sweeter, firmer and more tender than the red snapper shipped out of state...
...likes the doomed defiance. Satan and evil have many faces, a flashy variety. Good has only one face. Evil can also be attractive because it has to do with conquest and domination and power. Evil has a perverse fascination that good somehow does not. Evil is entertaining. Good, a sweeter medium, has a way of boring people...
Harvard's victory over Washington was made sweeter by the fact that the Crimson had lost last year's cup to the Huskies and a ruling by U.S. Rowing Association officials. Harvard lost to Washington in what appeared to be last year's final, but the race was re-rowed after officials determined that the crew from Wisconsin was not prepared when the race began...
...material that Goodman and Ward enjoy. Goodman is terrific in his big comic set pieces (notably a decorum- shattering rendition of Good Golly Miss Molly at a royal ball). But even in those he avoids the temptation to broad farce. He and Ward trust themselves to go for something sweeter and more wistful, the tone of the fabulist, and they sustain it with near perfect pitch...