Word: tells
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time I revisited him, the Dalai Lama was contemplating the latest strange turn in this enforced interaction with the modern world: the $70 million Hollywood movie Seven Years in Tibet and Martin Scorsese's remarkable new film, Kundun, both of which tell the story of his early life. Sitting cross-legged in his armchair, rocking back and forth as he spoke and always keeping an eye out to make sure my cup of tea was full, the famously accessible doctor of metaphysics talked with full-bodied candor, for day after day, about his death, the increasingly public divisions within...
WASHINGTON: Nobody likes a tell-tale. That?s the basic thrust of a letter sent by Secret Service Director Lewis Merletti to 3,200 of his current and 500 of his former agents. In the wake of one of their number ratting on President Kennedy?s memory for the sake of Seymour Hersh, Merletti reminds his men, an agent?s determination to keep confidences ?should continue forever...
...hear him tell it, maybe wisely and sincerely, maybe in a 'we both now I'll never change' Robert Downey Jr. kind of way, Farley was catching on that maybe there was a point at which to stop idolizing Belushi. "Although I love this kind of comedy, sometimes I feel trapped by always having to be the most outrageous guy in the room," Farley said in 1996. "In particular, I'm working on trying not to be that guy in my private life...
...renegotiate the stringent terms IMF bailout. He has since backed down, and the IMF says he is now on board. In an election that was one of the closest in the country's history, neither candidate could promise to dispel the IMF's storm cloud. At least Kim could tell voters he had done nothing to bring it over their heads...
Next up was the much-ballyhooed Tuna Bowl between the Pats and the Jets. Guided by Bill Parcells, the Jets forced New England into overtime. Time will never tell whether the ensuing 27-24 Patriot victory was ensured by an Adam Vinatieri field goal or the WCW Fall Brawl War Games match...