Word: sweeter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Northwest Airlines, whose chairman, Alfred Checchi, is a friend of Shugrue's. Will the indictment frighten him off? Not likely. "The die is cast. Eastern has a limited life," says analyst Robert McAdoo. "The indictment may even scare creditors enough to enable a company like Northwest to cut a sweeter deal." Though Eastern's absorption by a rival would increase airline concentration and reduce competition further, some travelers seem untroubled. Says Christopher Witkowski, director of the Aviation Consumer Action Project, a group formed by Ralph Nader: "If the allegations are borne out, Eastern would no longer deserve the faith...
...helps her. Despite the fact his hands are caked with clay, he rubs her thighs. She gets all hot and bothered, and they dance to a great oldie playing on their living room jukebox. Then they kiss, slow and long, before falling on the couch to pursue sweeter pleasures...
...American coalition's victory was made sweeter because the law was passed over Reagan's veto. It effectively destroyed Reagan's policy of "constructive engagement," which was designed to quietly prod South Africa into making changes without cutting the economic links between the two countries...
...elect Ion Iliescu of Romania was almost in the same league as his predecessor, Nicolae Ceausescu, the Communist tyrant who posted similar landslides in pro forma balloting. But this was a free election, complete with opposition candidates and Western observers. That must have made Iliescu's victory all the sweeter, despite opposition allegations of ballot-box fraud, voter intimidation and media monopolization by his incumbent National Salvation Front...
...Foxfire.) But it was Vivien Leigh whom Hollywood later tapped to play poor, doomed Blanche in the screen version of Streetcar. Driving Miss Daisy has belatedly righted that old wrong. It has transformed Tandy into a movie star, and she is thrilled by the acclaim, which is even sweeter because it is so unexpected. "Oh, it's wonderful!" she exclaims. "It's just wonderful! I never before had a part like Miss Daisy in a movie. I always played almost cardboard characters...