Word: sweets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Thanksgiving last month, she joined in the spirit of the holiday and ate until her skirt was far too snug for comfort and her body was crying out for an afternoon nap. Unlike the rest of her family, however, after consuming a heaping plate of turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, green beans, and hefty chunks of pecan pie and pumpkin pie topped with vanilla ice cream, Joan did not stop...
With reserve swingman Craig Smith keeping the Minutemen hot with 26 points--on a sweet combination of medium range jumpers and soft, floating drives--the lead changed hands 11 times. The largest lead by either team was just seven points, when, UMass led, 44-37, with about 15 minutes left...
...hated Her too. She had drawn his attention away from two-woods and fairway bunkers, and his life had become confused. There is no simple or pleasurable thing that compares to a clean golf shot, yet She had diverted him from practice, pulling him away from his Spalding sweet-spot. And when her esteemed husband, 11th on last year's money list, had discovered her affair, he had waged a personal campaign to disassociate Bogart Jackson from the world of professional golf. Bogart Jackson would return from a long round, and his shoes would be missing. Or his plane ticket...
...help expecting an exceptional performance from actors of an exceptional age. The Gilbert and Sullivan Players get only one from their four imports--Monnen is sweet-voiced and convincing in the perilously starry-eyed role of Frederic. He has the rare ability of keeping a straight face--and keeping the audiences' faces straight--while he slings around such epithets as "blushing buds of everblooming beauty...
...general way, Eurydike represents the dashing and wild West and Perdikkas the exotic and clever East. She marries but does not couple with Alexander's retarded brother, a large sweet creature who can be made to look and sound kingly for brief ceremonial occasions. Perdikkas attempts to juggle alliances from his headquarters in the East. They and other contenders meet bad ends. There are decades of wars, treacheries and murders. One of the great villains turns out to be Alexander's mother Olympias, a virago famous for her grudges and knowledge of toxicology...